Two out of five prison rapes committed by guards, other staff

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Two out of five prison rapes committed by guards, other staff

 

 

 

And you thought that this article would be about Iraq or Cuba, huh?

 

 

 

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Rape cases in US prisons number in the thousands

 

Fri Jul 29, 8:59 PM ET

 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nearly 2,100 incidents of rape and other sexual

violence were recorded in US prisons in 2004, US justice authorities said.

 

The Department of Justice said that the highest rate of prison rape and

other forced sexual acts was in state-run juvenile prisons, and that the

largest portion involved prison staff abuse of inmates.

 

According to a department report on prison sexual violence, a total of

8,210 cases of sexual violence were reported in adult prisons, local

jails and juvenile correctional facilities in 2004.

 

This amounted to 3.2 allegations per 1,000 inmates.

 

Roughly half of the alleged incidents that the Justice Department

investigated could not be substantiated, however.

 

Of the 7,000 investigations completed by the department, about one-third

of cases, or about 2,100, were substantiated, the report said.

 

Nearly 42 percent of reported cases of sexual violence involved prison

staff abuse of inmates, while 37 percent was inmate-on-inmate violence.

 

Males comprised 90 percent of inmate-on-inmate violence.

 

The report also noted that sexual violence in state-run youth prison

facilities was 10 times higher than that in adult prisons.

 

US prisons held more than 2.1 million people in 2004, not including

juvenile offenders.

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