I met a young man this week who had been in prison , and while there he had been raped over 200 times, when he told the staff what happened he was ignored and word put on the yard he was a snitch., and staff refused to give him protective custody.
This was many years ago yet this mans life is a total mess.
So my question is should the state be held responsible to him for what happen years ago.
Please email me if you like with comments as to how I can help thios young man. jimmy e
2006-11-27 06:32:21 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes, the state should be responsible for the things that happen to people in protective custody. But making it happen is difficult, mainly because people think that prisoners don't deserve dignified treatment.
Here is a website that can help you get started: http://www.spr.org/ It's the organization "Stop Prisoner Rape, Inc." They may have suggestions concerning legal issues.
The person you met needs sensitive counseling. If he is religious, he needs God's mercy, obtained through prayer (yours and others'). Your concern is appreciated.
2006-11-27 06:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by chuck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the state is responsible as much as the people who commit the crimes. The thing about jail is, it's the bottom of barrel. What else can you do to someone once they are incarcerated? And guards are more to protect the status quo than the prisoners.
It's widely known that the system is barely working. And for some reason the rules that apply there are far from being in control of the voters.
The only help I would offer psychologically would be intensive therapy with hypnosis. It may be the way he's going about the change he must go through in order to come to grips with his past. I say his past because what happened to him is not his whole life. The hypnosis would be good with the placement of these memories. Oh, and work on empowerment could also be beneficial. A rape crisis support group could be good as well.
2006-11-27 15:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by Hacksaw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know from personal experience that doing something about abuse in prison is extremely difficult. Those who work in them circle the wagons and protect each other when they're doing wrong. And the general public is apathetic, letting their contempt for criminals make them cavalier about abuse. Ideally, the state should be responsible, but the bottom line is the society that produces these institutions is not.
2006-11-27 14:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ofcourse, the state not only should be but is responsible. They have a (legal) responsibility , if nothing else, to look after basic well being of the prisoners. What he experienced is in violation of human rights convention and i am sure other legaly binding agreements.
2006-11-27 14:37:29 · answer #4 · answered by Yura 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is why no one wants to go to prison -- it sucks. If you don't want to be in that position you shouldn't commit crimes that will land you there.
And NO the state is not responsible. They fed him and clothed him on the taxpayers dime. If they had put him in solitary to "protect" him your guy would then want to sue for cruel and unusual punishment. It isn't the states fault that someone landed in jail.
2006-11-27 14:48:56 · answer #5 · answered by Goose&Tonic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He put himself in that position not the state. He did the crime.
2006-11-27 14:33:57 · answer #6 · answered by Reported for insulting my belief 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well I would just say STAY OUT OF PRISON. prison is suppose to be hell.
2006-11-27 14:36:13 · answer #7 · answered by 007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that he should've been protected.
2006-11-27 14:34:01 · answer #8 · answered by joruaishiteru 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋