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(Trigger warning)
According to the new lawsuit, the EMCF a prison that holds "hundreds of mentally ill prisoners" is rat-infested, poorly managed, hazardous to life and limb, and rife with inhumane conditions. Lights and toilets are broken; suicide attempts are "frequent"; medical care is poor; official supervision is lax. The lawsuit alleges that the staff "sadistically brutalizes" prisoners, and are "deliberately indifferent" to acts of violence against inmates.
That includes acts of sexual assault. The specter of prison rape is frequently raised as a risk of incarceration, but rarely talked about directly. This letter is one inmate's story, in his own words. The letter was sent from an EMCF inmate to the ACLU last year. Also included
are excerpts from an investigative report from the Lauderdale County Sheriff's office, as well as an EMCF internal investigative report with more horrific details of the prisoner's ordeal at the hands of knife-wielding, cocaine-sniffing gang rapists. That report finds that the allegations of rape are substantiated by video and physical evidence. The letter, in other words, is true. Names in the letter and reports have been redacted at the ACLU's request.
http://gawker.com/the-story-of-one-prison-rape-in-an-inmates-own-words-510475353
The letter is heartbreaking, this is the second page;
No rape culture? Right. There are a few folk who might want to rethink that opinion.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Words fail me...
redqueen
(115,103 posts)I wonder what the $$$ value of his crimes was.
Our 'justice' system is a crime in itself.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,973 posts)He says its every bit as bad as you'd expect. In some prison's, inmates have a way of knowing when a juvenile tried as an adult is headed their way. By the time the kid gets to an adult prison, he's already "owned".
It's disgusting and vile, and it's hard to get people to pay attention to the problem. Or they'll say asinine things like they 'deserved' it. Or make jokes about it.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)After a certain point it has me damn near ready to write off the entire human race.
ismnotwasm
(41,973 posts)Far Worse than a 'Lord of the Flies' situation, and people make drop the soap jokes.
I watched a disturbing film called 'Short Eyes' one time--about a pedophile who was tortured raped and murdered in prison, it depicted what that might really look like, and what it did to the humanity of all involved.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)This shit has to stop being treated like a joke, condoned, tolerated, and even encouraged.