Comments on: More On Prison Rape

By: eRobin

eRobin — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:15:47 +0000

Thanks for writing about this.

By: John

John — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:18:16 +0000

Who’s to say that these guys, or at least the majority of them, aren’t making this crap up? They’re just trying to get people to feel sorry for them so they’ll get released earlier.

By: bloix

bloix — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:42:12 +0000

Rape is a crime, no matter where it takes place. Rape in prison is a crime. Prisons are full of crime- assault, rape, theft, all the violent crimes. When prosecutors begin to prosecute inmates who commit crimes in prison, and prison rapists are given terms of years of solitary confinement, then prison rape will fall. Until then, prisons will be lawless terrritory.

By: FurryCatHerder

FurryCatHerder — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:21:34 +0000

In what possible world are *prison guard unions* the main people lobbying for increased incarceration?

The fantasy world in which unions are bad, yuck, icky and private corporations are pure and virginal.

(Card carrying union member ;) )

By: Stentor

Stentor — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:15:06 +0000

In what possible world are *prison guard unions* the main people lobbying for increased incarceration? Where they build the prison and who gets the contract may be mostly a function of special interest type lobbying, but harsh penalties for drug crimes and other things that swell the prison population are a result of politicians demagoguing to the vindictive masses.

By: molly

molly — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:51:59 +0000

Ok, so you eliminate the problem of guards’ unions doing lobbying for more imprisonment.

Aren’t you going to just make sure that corporations like CCA (Corrections Corporation of America, the nation’s largest private prison concern) do the same lobbying but with more resources at their disposal? The privatization argument makes no sense from that perspective. None at all.

By: FurryCatHerder

FurryCatHerder — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:34:12 +0000

The idea that privatizing prisons will get rid of guard unions is weird. There are labor unions at private corporations.

Making it easier for prisoners to sue for any reason will insure that more lawsuits will be filed, regardless of how many crimes have occurred, or if any have indeed occurred.

By: Decnavda

Decnavda — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:57:07 +0000

The very idea that privatization is “libertarian” is bizzare. If the government is paying for what the government wants done then it is a government expenditure. Period. Whether the person doing the work is paid by the government directly or by a contractor would seem to be simply a matter of empirical efficiency. No one think the government needs to make all its own pencils and desktop computers, and no one thinks we should hire Halbutron to be the City Manager. Between those two extremes, I can think of no reason for ideology to trump empiricism in either direction.

By: ariella drake

ariella drake — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

17th Carnival Against Sexual Violence at abyss2hope 2. 9th Erase Racism Carnival at Writeous Sister Speaks Ampersand has an excellent link round-up at Alas on prison rape and societal attitudes towards it. He follows up with some further discussion. Over at Shrub, tekanji talks about why gender-inclusive game design is important. Limyaael has a great discussion about writing gender-equal societies. For those interested, Rachel at Inside Out talks about

By: Hoyden About Town

Hoyden About Town — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

round of vaccination culture wars, because the disease being fought is primarily transmitted through sexual contact. Majikthise on the sexualisation of starvation:Outsourcing bones: Emaciated models in the global economy Ampersand rounds up even more on prison rape (continuing from last week) US churches a little too gay for the rest of the world: sex and religion clashing again. More sex and religion: Laughing in their Faces from Selective and Arbitrary. Science v. Religion