Inmate Victimization
Criminal Victimization is Criminal
Everyone has rights. A man working in a factory, a mother taking care of her children, a girl attending college, a boy playing football, they all have rights, but what about criminals? Yes, everyone has rights. What happened when those rights are violated? Who does a criminal have to turn to? Or even who will believe them? Inmate on inmate victimization is not uncommon especially in physical abuse, but what about the sexual abuse? And what about when it is not just inmate on inmate victimization, what if it is guard on inmate victimization? This is not right, not only are most inmates stripped down to their basic rights; there are some that are even having those torn away from them as well. These are problems that have not been addressed until recently and still lacking solid solutions. Although much has been done to prevent abuse, especially sexual abuse, there is still not much to be done until after the fact. One of the solutions to this problem is the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Although it is called the Prison Rape Elimination Act it includes all state and privately owned facilities including; federal, state, and local prisons, jails, police- lock- ups, and community settings like residential facilities. The act, voted on unanimously by the House of Representative and Senate, was the first national step toward a new understanding of the problem of sexual abuse in correctional and detention facilities. This act outlines specific details of what constitutes as a sexual abuse, “(a) the carnal knowledge, oral sodomy, sexual assault with an object, or sexual fondling of a person, forcibly or against that person's will; (b) the carnal knowledge, oral sodomy, sexual assault with an object, or sexual fondling of a person not forcibly or against the person's will, where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his or her youth or his or her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity; or (c) the
Everyone has rights. A man working in a factory, a mother taking care of her children, a girl attending college, a boy playing football, they all have rights, but what about criminals? Yes, everyone has rights. What happened when those rights are violated? Who does a criminal have to turn to? Or even who will believe them? Inmate on inmate victimization is not uncommon especially in physical abuse, but what about the sexual abuse? And what about when it is not just inmate on inmate victimization, what if it is guard on inmate victimization? This is not right, not only are most inmates stripped down to their basic rights; there are some that are even having those torn away from them as well. These are problems that have not been addressed until recently and still lacking solid solutions. Although much has been done to prevent abuse, especially sexual abuse, there is still not much to be done until after the fact. One of the solutions to this problem is the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Although it is called the Prison Rape Elimination Act it includes all state and privately owned facilities including; federal, state, and local prisons, jails, police- lock- ups, and community settings like residential facilities. The act, voted on unanimously by the House of Representative and Senate, was the first national step toward a new understanding of the problem of sexual abuse in correctional and detention facilities. This act outlines specific details of what constitutes as a sexual abuse, “(a) the carnal knowledge, oral sodomy, sexual assault with an object, or sexual fondling of a person, forcibly or against that person's will; (b) the carnal knowledge, oral sodomy, sexual assault with an object, or sexual fondling of a person not forcibly or against the person's will, where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his or her youth or his or her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity; or (c) the