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9/16/2003 08:17:00 PM | Brad Plumer Prison rape: Over at FoxNews (via Instapundit, Wendy McElroy has a thoughtful piece on why we should be concerned about prison rape in the US. According to Human Rights Watch, anywhere from 250,000 to 600,000 prisoners-- mostly men-- are raped each year. And why should we care? To quote: One reason: Prisoners are human beings. Approximately half of those imprisoned today are "non-violent." Many have been arrested on drug charges or for comparatively minor offenses, such as being behind in child support payments.Noting that prison rape spreads HIV like wildfire, and that raped inmates may be more likely to commit crimes upon leaving prison, McElroy adds: You should care about prison rape if only for one reason: Approximately 630,000 inmates were released from prison in 2002 and became the people beside whom you may now be living and working.Also interesting is McElroy's claim that liberal feminists have tended to ignore prison rape, as it falls outside the usual view of rape as violence by men against women. As it turned out, the conservative Concerned Women of America lobbied for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, while NOW remained largely silent about the issue. It's an interesting point, though I'm not sure she can leap from this isolated fact to her larger and (potentially) more devastating criticism of feminist views on rape... perma link |
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