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Jessica Watkins (mtf) sentenced to 8 years in a men's prison for Jan 6 involvement (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

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[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 60 points 1 year ago

In this case sexual assault is almost a guarantee. If for no other reason at all, that one should be enough to warrant her being housed in a women's prison.

I love beehaw. The leftists here are shining examples of how we as a society should behave. We universally distain what she stands for and what she has done, but pretty much all of us advocate for her humane treatment. I am so thankful that I signed up for this instance instead of one of the others.

[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We're not going to get our wish either way, unfortunately. I very seriously doubt that rape is only commonplace in men's prisons. Our prisons appear to be specifically designed to encourage and maximize prisoners raping each other, because everyone on the outside considers that part of the punishment (“don't drop the soap”).

[-] OttoVonGoon@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago

Your comment made me curious, so I looked it up and found a 2006 study that says you are absolutely correct, inmate-on-inmate sexual violence is almost 4 times higher in women's prisons: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2438589/ I seriously did not expect that.

[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Wow. I expected it to be lower but still prevalent. Definitely didn't expect it to be four times higher.

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I am sure sexual assault does not happen man on man in prison... lol

Sexual assault in prison is implied as part of the punishment and society does not care.

[-] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

You aren't the first person who has that idea. Everybody is aware of that risk. That is why she is almost certainly going to be protective solitary confinement the whole time.