User:Inkagee123/sandbox

Prison sexuality (or prison sex or penitentiary sex) deals with sexual relationships between confined individuals or those between a prisoner and a prison employee (or other persons to whom prisoners have access). Since most prisons are separated by gender, most sexual activity is conducted with a same-sex partner.^[1] Exceptions to this are sex with an employee of the opposite sex, as well as conjugal visits.

Prison sexuality is a topic in the criminal justice system that is unclear and misunderstood due to it being a taboo subject and one that hasn't been researched extensively.^[2] There are rules in place to prevent sex in prison, but it still remains a very sexualized environment. Consensual sexual activity is most common in prisons.^[3]

In 1965, Ward and Kassebaum conducted research in Frontera through questionnaires and concluded from staff and inmates that "between 30% and 75% of the inmates had sexual affairs while in prison", 50% of those engaging in same-sex sexual activity. Sexual intercourse between these women were typically for fun and enjoyment, sometimes transitioning into a serious relationship. Furthermore, these relationships occurred between women who were housed together or between women of different races; same-race relations are not as typical. After a survey taken in a study conducted by Propper in 1976, his results for reasons for homosexual relationships include "game playing, economic manipulation, loneliness, the need for companionship, and genuine affection".^[4]

Prisoner abuse

In several surveys conducted by U.S. Department of Justice, Female rapes in prison are significantly higher than that of men. 36.7% of females under the age of 18 were sexually assaulted in some way before admission into the justice system. The number for males under 18 was 14.4%, which is less than half the amount as females. That same number skyrockets when all men and women are considered. 57.2% of all females and 16.1% of all males report to having experienced some form of sexual assault. When considering the relationship between the inmates and the predator, 95.4% of federal woman inmates and 86.3 male inmates report having known the suspect beforehand. The surveys also indicated that women were abused by family members and social acquaintances ,whereas men were mainly abused by family members alone.

Inmate Contraceptive

As of September 12, 2016, A bill passed stating that birth control and hygiene products are allowed for woman inmates to use if they are prescribed by their physician. All foms of birth control approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be made available to all inmates capable of becoming pregnant.

Potential for Rape Activity

According to a 2001 Human Rights Watch report "No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons", sexual slavery is frequently posed as a consensual sexual relationship inside prisons. Rape victims are often intimidated into feigning consent to sexual activity, to the point of becoming "slaves" and the figurative property of their rapists. HRW also stated that many studies report the prevalence of rape perpetrated by black prisoners against caucasian prisoners.^[14]

Prospective slaveholders will sometimes use intimidating innuendo, as opposed to overt threats of violence, which the prospective slave unwillingly accepts, thereby disguising the coercive nature of the sexual activity from even the enslaver.^[15] Slaves might not even see themselves as being coerced, if the enslavement is negotiated as repayment for a debt. Also, some consider themselves transformed into a homosexual.^[16] The HRW report contains an account in which an inmate is coerced in this way.^[17] It is argued that in prison, consent is inherently illusory.

In general, such prisoner-prisoner relationships would by necessity be same sex relationships, as prisons are generally segregated by gender. An exception to this general rule took place in Canada, where two convicted killers of the opposite sex, Karla Homolka and Jean-Paul Gerbet, were able to engage in touching that was sexual in nature through a chain-link fence. The fence was the only barrier separating men and women at Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines prison. The prison is Canada's highest security prison where especially dangerous inmates of either sex may be sent.^[18]

sup

hello lol

Contribution to Prison Sexuality:

1. Add more relevant sources in order to include more concise details
2. Change the page to "Prison culture in the US", so that it is not confused with prison culture globally
3. Add more info about women abuse in prisons

Bibliography (Sources that will be used to help "Prison Sexuality" page

1. Prison Sex: Practice and Policy By: Christopher Hensley
2. The Criminal Justice System: Politics and Policies By: George F. Cole
3. Stanford Prison Experiment Study
4. Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality By: Regina Kunzel