Yes, I'd say that if prison rape were prevalent in women's facilities there would be an effort to do something about it. I doubt whether the question would even come up as to whether serious female offenders deserve to be raped as part of their punishment.
What he said!
I think though that men are pretty culpable for the cultural bias that perpetuates prison rape. I hear guys joke about this all the time on the radio, tv, at work, blah blah blah
Anyways, I was thinking that in the face of such bias, it is hard to really institute any accountability in the system. I don't think too many people would say that a violent rape is nothing to be concerned about when they really think about it. One way to instill accountability and freedom from the tyranny of unjust punishment is by commencing legal action (like in the article below) against the institutions of government that allow these crimes to occur through their lack of procedural control and sometimes blatantly malicious culpability. This young man was speeding for <expletive deleted>'s sake!
http://www.spr.org/en/news/2003/0402.htmlThe "PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT OF 2003 (H.R. 1707)" has been signed into law in the US, and hopefully some of the intended reforms will actually help someone. The weird thing is that I know about this, but have no idea about similar measures in Canada. There are no similar reforms planned I think, which is unfortunate.
