Topic > Essay on Life in Prison - 1743

Most prison guards have become accustomed to violence in prison. Sexual violence has been going on for hundreds of years and is nothing new. Some prison guards think they deserve everything they get in prison. “Some of the prisoners who are raped are rapists and child molesters. Over 500,000 women are raped every year” (Words from Prison: Sexual Abuse in Prison, 2015). Many men are not gay in the prison system. Most men simply have sexual desires while in prison. “The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to conduct an analysis and review of the incidence and effects of prison rape for each calendar year” (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2015). Most inmates seek opportunities when guards do not