WE ARE TOLD that something like ten or twenty percent of all prison inmates in america are sexually abused. as if this is some sort of shockingly new revelation. two hundred thousand former inmates report having bveen victimized by sexual violence, aka rape. is anyone surprised?
the obama administration pledges to tackle the problem, so consider the problem solved.
about nine years ago congress passed a law making it illegal to rape somebody in prison, some law with a catchy sounding name like the "unwanted sex in prison is a bad thing" law, or "leave your cell mate alone" law; (please remember that all federal legislation must have a catchy name.)
now it comes back to me. the law is named "when you plug you're a thug" law. yes, that's it.
when that law took effect nine years ago, the problem immediately vanished, because prison inmates became instantly fearful of breaking a federal law.
(Not.)
now here we go again, obama and congress, at it again, fixin' to do a bit more grandstanding for us. isn't our government delightfully entertaining? maybe this time they'll make violations punishable by imprisonment. or perhaps offenders will be deprived of "visitation" privileges. no more fraternizing with fellow inmate - consorts! BACK TO YOUR OWN TEN BY EIGHT BOYZ!
"you can date, but you can't consummate." now that i think about it, that's what the law is named.
what in the ever loving hell do we expect, when we put anybody who is anybody in prison, including crack smokers, pot dealers, and martha stewart?
we lock up millions of men and women in overcrowded same sex buildings, in oh so close proximity, give them nothing to do, and supervise them, shall we say, "loosely"? we may as well install condom dispensers in every cell block, like we do high schools.
a quote from, i believe, H .L. Mencken comes to mind: "the fools would be humorous, were they not in such deadly earnest..
Bb
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