Guard-on-Prisoner Sexual Misconduct Happens Far Too Often. Why Can’t We Stop It?

The Albany Times Union recently published a three-part series about sexual assault and harassment in New York state prisons, and it’s worth your time. The articles are a sobering reminder that, despite what America’s tasteless comedians would have you believe, prison rape doesn’t always involve forced inmate-on-inmate sodomy. In fact, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, staff-on-inmate incidents are the most common form of sexual misconduct in America’s jails and prisons. Read the full article.