On 27 Jul 2002 at 16:53, Hermit wrote:
>
> So are non-violent criminals less likely to rape their fellow inmates than
violent ones?
>
Yes; rape is a violent crime.
>
> Is a violent criminal, like the 18 year old who technically raped his 15
year-old girlfriend, more likely not to be raped by the other violent
criminals, than he would be by non-violent criminals.
>
Where the offence is statutory and consensual, and the age appears to
be above the limits of coercion, I am not in favor of incarceration or
even prosecution, but if it happens at all, that incarceration should be
with nonviolent inmates, as consensual intercourse is not a violent
crime.
>
> Perhaps worth mentioning that because anal intercourse between
prisoners is illegal, condoms are not provided - and because of that
HIV transmission levels in US jails are a complete disaster. Essentially
sentencing somebody, violent or non-violent, to a lengthy confinement
in the current US penal system, is essentially sentencing them to HIV.
>
Actually, condoms are indeed now either provided in many prison
facilities or they are allowed to be received from outside (not forbidden
to prisoners), precisely BECAUSE of the AIDS issue. I believe that
freely available condoms to prison inmates should be a universal policy.
>
> Perhaps worth taking into account when you create your "straw-
> ought-tos."
>
I just did.
>
> Regards
>
> Hermit
>
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