Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or prison staff. In 2001, Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 4.3 million inmates had been raped while incarcerated in the United States.[1] A United States Department of Justice report, Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, states that "In 2011–12, an estimated 4.0% of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2% of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility, if less than 12 months."[2] However, advocates dispute the accuracy of the numbers, saying they seem to under-report the real numbers of sexual assaults in prison, especially among juveniles.[3]
A meta-analysis published in 2004 found a prevalence of 1.91% with a 95% confidence interval between 1.37 and 2.46%.[4] In a survey of 1,788 male inmates in Midwestern prisons by Prison Journal, about 21% claimed they had been coerced or pressured into sexual activity during their incarceration, and 7% claimed that they had been raped in their current facility.[5] In 2008 the Justice Department released a report that indicated that prison rape accounted for the majority of all rapes committed in the United States that year. Because of the high prison population in the United States the country has become probably the first and only in the world where rape of men is more common than of women.[6][7][8][9]
- ^ Mariner, Joanne (2001). "No Escape – Male Rape in U.S. Prisons". Human Rights Watch. pp. I. Summary and Recommendations. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ^ Beck, Allen J. (2013). Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates. US Department of Justice. p. 6.
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- ^ Swift, James (2013). "Advocates Dispute Agency Finding on Sex Abuse of Juvenile Inmates". Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ^ Gerald G. Gaes; Andrew L. Goldberg: Prison Rape: A Critical Review of the Literature, Executive Summary. 2004
- ^ Struckman-Johnson, Cindy; Struckman-Johnson, David (2016). "Sexual Coercion Rates in Seven Midwestern Prison Facilities for Men". The Prison Journal. 80 (4): 379–90. doi:10.1177/0032885500080004004. S2CID 145791880.
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- ^ Filipovic, Jill (February 21, 2012). "Is the US the only country where more men are raped than women?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ Rosin, Hanna (29 April 2014). "When Men Are Raped". Slate. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Stemple, Lara; Meyer, Ilan H. (June 2014). "The Sexual Victimization of Men in America: New Data Challenge Old Assumptions". American Journal of Public Health. 104 (6): e24. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.301946. PMC 4062022. PMID 24825225.
