Sexual violence in prisons

Sex, Sexual Violence and Coercion in Men's Prisons

Many correctional administrations have displayed extreme reluctance to acknowledge that sex takes place inside their prisons. In many countries sex in prison is a punishable crime. In some, this is intertwined with an outlawing of homosexual activity in general. Yet sex and sexual violence are generally understood to be common practice behind prison walls. Available material on South African me...

4. Violence, sexual abuse and torture in prisons

Key points • Violence in prisons is often clandestine because of the fear of reprisal when it is reported. • Because violence is not brought into the open, it is easily overlooked or underestimated. • Authorities are obliged to protect prisoners against violence, which must not constitute an additional punishment on top of deprivation of liberty. • Violence begets violence, so prison violence i...

Causes and Prevention of Violence in Prisons

Prisons are not normal environments. They are, as Bottoms (1999) observed, not only ‘total institutions’ in the sense that they encompass inmates’ lives to an extent qualitatively greater than other social institutions (Goffman, 1961), they are physical places (mostly surrounded by high walls) with a specific history and ethos that are designed to be places of punishment. Prisons bring troubled...

Sexual Violence in India

Bullying and Sexual Violence

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Abstract Bullying experiences and male sexual violence (SV) perpetration are major public health problems, and while extant literature suggests that they may share some developmental correlates, there is no established emp...