Abstract
Abstract
Prison administrators and policy makers owe inmates clean environment, a basic standard of nutrition, and preventing inmate abuse from staff members and other inmates. However, modern prisons fall short of that third obligation. Prisoner abuse, either mental or physical abuse (rape), is a concern for wardens because it leaves them open to litigation, causes disorder in prisons, and makes inmate management more difficult. Inmate rape stems from hyper-masculinity in men’s prisons, but persists in women’s prisons as well, in the form of attacks from male staff members. Since abuse presents a conflict for inmates, resolving that discord could go along way toward improving the prison experience for both inmates and those who are charged with their care. The purpose of this research is to explore the primary sources of inmate abuse, and investigate the two primary factors associated with it: race and gender. This paper presents findings and concludes that differences in inmate abuse are dependent on gender and race factors.
Key Words
Prisons
Gender
Race
Inmates
Rights
Abuse
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Metadata
- Subject
Criminal Justice
- Institution
Dahlonega
- Event location
MPR 1
- Event date
22 March 2019
- Date submitted
19 July 2022
- Additional information
Acknowledgements:
Stuart Batchelder