I have a cousin in jail and according to him if you don't cross people you are very unlikely to get beaten up or raped. Not to say it doesn't happen but people have this misconception that if they go in they are going to get raped if they don't act hard so they go in and attempt to act all tough. The really hardened people see this they key in on them and make it their job to either take them down a peg or two by sexually assualting them or beating them up.
But as for saying we need to stop it. Yes we do but how do you do that exactly? If we can't keep controlled substances out of prison it would be kind of hard to totally eliminate rape considering we HAVE to have multiple person cells, we have to allow them some modicum of freedom of movement. The only way to stop it is to keep them chained in leg irons all day and night and that's "cruel" so it won't happen.
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