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July 24th, 2008 - 9:38 am
David Cushing emails:
Remember the rough treatment you wanted for the convicted Spam King? Apparently he is so brain dead that he escaped from a minimum security prison. Nobody does that, because if you do that, they put you in a higher security prison, which is much less pleasant.
This just smacks of Dim.
The whole story is on Slashdot.
Don’t know if you caught the comments at the original story, but one was classic:
“In real jail, your inbox gets crammed with unwanted male.”
It’s just not funny. A civilized society should not turn a blind eye to prison rape any more than rape happening across town. We set punishment in court and I don’t recall ever hearing the judge pronounce “ten years and being raped daily”. We’re better than that.
Escaping from prison is very stupid. Not only does it add a minimum three or five years to any sentence, but it means you’ll never get a good prison job because it puts you in the same classification category as kidnappers.
Then again, that only matters if they catch the guy. Easy for us to say he’s stupid when he’s running around rather than in prison.
I agree with Mr. Plunk. Prison rape is not funny and it’s a serious problem. I wish I knew how to fix it.
That being said, it’s pretty much an open secret that it’s a problem, so, why anybody who was at a minumum security prison would take the chance of being exposed to this is beyond me. If/when he’s caught, he’s definitely going to someplace much less pleasant.
Actually, no one can tell me what’s funny and what’s not. I get to decide that, thank you.
Now, I fully understand that I might offend others with my laughter. But I accept that responsibility, and I’m willing to deal with any repercussions.
Is slipping on a banana peel funny? Not if you’re the person slipping, I am sure. There are potentially broken hips and arms and ankles, lost wages, pain and suffering, law suits. Oy vey. It’s sad, really. But still, it’s funny.
Prison rape is a sore topic of mine, too (no pun intended). I’ve thought about it long and hard (no pun intended), and I do care about it. Is it a problem? Yes. A major problem? I don’t think so. A lot of folks think its significance is way over blown (pun kind of intended this time).
Here’s a good primer on the subject:
http://www.spr.org/en/academicarticles/Saum.asp
I have several friends who work in a state prison near here. They lament about the topic often. It’s a classic damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation, and they are stuck right in the middle (no pun intended).
Read the article at the link above for additional insight. But in a nutshell (no pun intended), here’s what they say. Except for the most egregious cases, it’s almost impossible to determine whether prison sex is consensual or coerced. It’s he said/he said to the extreme.
“But yesterday, he told me he wanted to do it!” And maybe he did. It could have been a set up. And which of the convicted criminals are you going to believe?
So the only effective way to prevent prison rape is to ban sexual interaction entirely. And most prisons do ban all sexual activities between inmates.
But in most instances, it’s a “soft ban” (no pun intended), with guards often looking the other way. Because when it becomes a “hard ban” (no pun intended. Although that would have been a damn good one…), the civil rights folks (often gay rights activists) cry foul in a hurry. And I can understand their argument too.
So there really are no winners in this game. It’s sad, and unfortunate.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to enjoy a joke about it.
Jaymaster, you remind me of the axiom:
“It’s all fun and games until somebody loses and eye. Then it’s frickin’ hilarious.”
Actually, it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it’s fun and games, but without depth perception.
Yeesh…did you see the conclusion of this story?
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=96383&catid=339
Well, I’ve got to say it.
That’s not funny at all.
Sometimes it’s better to just delete the entire entry and comments. There’s nothing to be gained by preserving this, and really no reason for anyone to do much to defend the way this was presented or portrayed.
Just put a link to the full article, close comments, and step away from this sad tale.
Heard on the news that this POS went to his home, murdered his wife and then killed himslf.
Sad, not funny.
“In real jail, your inbox gets crammed with unwanted male.”
I thought it was your outbox.