A traumatizing event damages a person. For instance, rape damages people mentally and physically in various ways. Also, the community is effected by the mental and physical instability of the victim. Furthermore, an enormous problem in jails and prisons is rape which is why the Rape Elimination Act needs to be strictly enforced. The Rape Elimination Act needs to be enforced for the mental and physical health of the inmates to ensure the safety of the inmates and the public. Rape causes various mental health problems which could harm inmates and the public in the future. For instance, some men become violent and angry after being raped: “James Gilligan describing a theory of violence, argues that shame is the primary underlying cause of the
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Thus, the victim is unable to trust the people around him/her in prison and/or in public. To ensure the safety of the public and the inmates, the prisoners need to feel comfortable and safe with their …show more content…
Some inmates in prison and jail have many different types of diseases. For instance, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the many disease that are in those facilities: “TB can be more difficult to control than HIV because it is more easily spread by contact with active cases” (Fagin, 2014, pg. 245-246). Thus, when someone is close to a person that is infected with TB, then the disease easily transfers to another person. For instance, when someone has TB, it can spread by coughing, sneezing, talking, and breathing (Basic TB Facts, 2012, March 13). Therefore, being close to a person infected with TB could increase the chances of the disease spreading. This is why the Rape Elimination Act should be enforced to prevent other inmates from contracting the virus since raped victims are extremely close to their offender. Furthermore, once the inmate is released to the public, the victim that received the disease could spread the virus to the community, thus endangering the community. Another disease that is most commonly found in jails and prisons is HIV/AIDS: “In 2002, the overall rate of confirmed AIDS cases among the nation’s prison population was 3.5 times that of the U.S general population” (Fagin, 2014, pg. 245). Therefore, if those inmates have AIDS, then they had HIV also since HIV causes AIDS (Dowshen, 2015). Also, HIV
Thus, the victim is unable to trust the people around him/her in prison and/or in public. To ensure the safety of the public and the inmates, the prisoners need to feel comfortable and safe with their …show more content…
Some inmates in prison and jail have many different types of diseases. For instance, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the many disease that are in those facilities: “TB can be more difficult to control than HIV because it is more easily spread by contact with active cases” (Fagin, 2014, pg. 245-246). Thus, when someone is close to a person that is infected with TB, then the disease easily transfers to another person. For instance, when someone has TB, it can spread by coughing, sneezing, talking, and breathing (Basic TB Facts, 2012, March 13). Therefore, being close to a person infected with TB could increase the chances of the disease spreading. This is why the Rape Elimination Act should be enforced to prevent other inmates from contracting the virus since raped victims are extremely close to their offender. Furthermore, once the inmate is released to the public, the victim that received the disease could spread the virus to the community, thus endangering the community. Another disease that is most commonly found in jails and prisons is HIV/AIDS: “In 2002, the overall rate of confirmed AIDS cases among the nation’s prison population was 3.5 times that of the U.S general population” (Fagin, 2014, pg. 245). Therefore, if those inmates have AIDS, then they had HIV also since HIV causes AIDS (Dowshen, 2015). Also, HIV