Prison rape

Misconduct in Women’s Prisons Prisons are home to those who have been involved in any sort of illegal criminal activity and they are usually divided into men’s and women’s prisons or just wards. Women’s prisons house females of all different backgrounds and cultures and they have all experienced life differently. Having different backgrounds and cultures also include the reasons of why these women are in prison and that is their crime. Many women may feel much safer after they go to prison…

Rape Culture and Those Shamed In our society, we perceive those who dress differently, whether conservatively or indecently, to be out of the norm. Often, survivors of sexual assault are questioned about their appearance during the crime. If victims reveal that they were wearing “provocative or immodest clothing, the blame of the violence of rape is often shifted to them. Regardless of their gender or clothing choice, victims of sexual violence should not be ridiculed, isolated, or shamed for…

When I first heard about the prison the PD had set up I was nervous because of all of the shows and comments I had heard and see about prison, but I decided to attended because it would be a good learning experience, so on October 31 I went on a prison tour. Walking into the prison I was scared because I was going into a place that held criminals but after getting a tour I released that they had a very secure system. Our first stop on the tour of the prison was the solitary confinement section.…

get raped! Can they? In modern society male rape isn’t taken as seriously as the rape of women because men are emasculated if they received unwanted sex, even if they are gay. Throughout the decades, rape culture has become a controversial subject in today’s society, unfortunately many of the discussions are centered only on women, which have led many to be misinformed about how rape can impact both genders. “The dismissive attitude regarding male rape isn’t only objectionable, it’s also…

(Vagianos Huffington Post). Sexual assault and rape are actually different terms. Sexual assault is unwanted sexual contact, and rape is unlawful sexual activity carried out forcefully. It is unacceptable that the US has the highest number of reported rapes. As a result, there should be harsher penalties for those convicted of rape. Harsher penalties are critical because anyone can be raped, the US is the country with the greatest number of rapes, and the majority of the victims are under…

Depending on their ages, however, getting intimate with a partner in the state of Kansas may be considered a criminal offense. Being convicted of statutory rape can carry severe penalties, which may have life-changing implications. According to a recent Kansas City Star report, a 36-year-old Independence man was charged with statutory rape and statutory sodomy as a result of his relationship with a 14-year-old girl. The pair had sexual contact on multiple occasions between 2009 and 2011. The…

society, campus rape has been a big issue and it keeps happening over and over again in the U.S. colleges/universities campuses. For example, look at the Brock Turner case. His potential sentence of 14 years in prison, but he only gotten 6 months in jail, followed by 3 years of formal probation, and to be registered s sex offender for life because the judge chose to give him leniency to Turner for the harsh impact imprisonment that would have on him. I’ve been hearing about campus rape cases on…

Child rape is associated with trauma- related shame and guilt (Aakvag, 2016). It has been shown that survivors take personal responsibility for the abuse. Child sexual abuse is frightening because it causes stress long after the experiences. When they grow up they find it difficult to establish interpersonal relationships because they face difficulties with trusting people (Ratican,1992). It is extremely hard for the victims to recover from rape, it takes time and effort. Getting over rape…

Sexual victimization in prisons and jails for adults and juveniles have became too common for not reporting sex crimes. The prison have been put under investigation as they should for not making reports. But of course correction official will be in denial and keep hiding sex crimes. There is no need to be in denial when it 's a widespread problem that is heard about daily. Maybe if people will do their research on how common this issue is, they would think twice about committing any crime that…

Often, we discuss rape culture as women being victims and men being the perpetrators. Although we place a negative stigma on women victims with our chose of words, we hardly recognize the men victims of rape. The rhetoric of the rape culture is primarily about women; how she is treated, how she makes an accusation, and how she “got” rape. Putting all the responsibility and repercussion on her, yet we never hear about men. As though men doesn’t exist in this culture; nevertheless when discussing…