• Eezyville@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    It’s not how you think. For starters not many inmates will risk adding several more years to their sentence for assaulting a sex offender. Most people in prison want to go home. He’ll be fine as long as he keeps to himself or stays with other sex offenders. Also, before someone starts their fantasies, prison rape is not common. Prison Rape Elimination Act ended most of that. The type of sex offenders who do get assaulted in prison generally ask for it. Their specific offense plays a factor but its usually because they’re annoying as hell, keep pushing boundaries with other inmates, actually it’s mostly because they push boundaries.

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      2 years ago

      Depends on where you end up, too. There are a bare handful of prisons full of and geared towards rehabbing sex offenders, though none of those are where he’s going. And low security in general, sure, they’re apt to mostly ostracize them rather than risk extending their own sentence. High security, you’re gonna want to go into protective custody as quickly as possible or gamble on whether or not your skull is ventilated.

      Protective custody was where Masterson was being held back in June anyway while awaiting a verdict. I see no real reason he’d be moved out of it, so I’m sure he’ll mostly be bored.

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      The rape elimination act ended most of that? Conservatively, between 1986 & 2006, as many as 1M inmates were documented to have been sexually assaulted.

      I think you’re projecting a bit on how you’d like to imagine prisons operate.

      PREA is mostly an information gathering mechanism.

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        2 years ago

        I’m not projecting anything. By law inmates cannot consent to sex so any sexual encounter is considered rape. This includes encounters between inmates and guards. Forced sexual encountered between inmates is not common anymore.

        Also I do not have any experience with higher level federal facilities like Mediums or High security but I assume they are more vigilant.

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      They ask for it in prison? And that’s the only ones who get assaulted, or sexed… You know what this sounds like?

      • Eezyville@sh.itjust.works
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        2 years ago

        What I mean by the phrase, “They ask for it” is that they do things and push boundaries with other inmates that lead to the assault.

        Example: I knew a guy who would always talk about his crime even after he was told to shut the fuck up about it. He was also proud of how he taught his young daughters how to give a bj. His cellies hated him, the cops hated him, most other sex offenders hated him because they wanted to move on and he wanted to stay back. He found his way into solitary.