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Stories from Inside: Prisoner Rape and the War on Drugs
Publication year:
2007
| Cataloged on:
Sep. 06, 2007
ANNOTATION: The relationship between U.S. drug policy and prisoner rape is explained. Sections in addition to an executive summary are: introduction (definition of prisoner rape and methodology); sexual violence behind bars in the U.S. (background, the impact of inmate sexual assault, and the aftermath); the U.S. war on drugs (background, harsher sentencing laws, and questioning the drug war); the impact of the war on drugs on prison rape (prison overcrowding, lack of appropriate classification, and insufficient rehabilitative services); and recommendations.