Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard [More]To all those who advocate treating prisoners like animals and laugh at their abuse--let's just hope you don't get arrested.
What, you don't commit crimes?
Good one.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Crime and Punishment
What, you don't commit crimes?
Good one.
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David,
SCOTUS will review this case:
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Ohio inmate sexual assault case
Also:
http://ohioprisonwatch.blogspot.com/2010/05/court-to-hear-appeal-in-guards-sexual.html
Yet another reason to make restitution the punishment of choice, with the scarce remaining cage facilities left for those awaiting execution (once the "justice" system can lay legitimate claim to that name, again).
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was passed unanimously by Congress in 2003 however Congress failed to appropriate funds to implement the act. The PREA was supposed to go into effect within a couple of years of passage. PREA has been on the back burner for several years. The only people who seem to be overly concerned are those who are, or have friends and relatives, in prison who have been threatened with sexual assault, or have actually been sexually assaulted.
If one person is sexually assaulted in prison, that’s one too many. Problems is: As far as law makers and the public are concerned, once is not enough. The people who brought the problem of prison rape to the US government did tend to exaggerate their findings and lost considerable credibility. So sometime between the passage of the bill and its implementation, the money dried up.
There is a parallel here with depriving a once convicted felon of his right to keep and bear arms. Too many people figure that if you get thrown into jail you’re on your own. You shouldn’t have done whatever it is you did, whether you actually did it or not.
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