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Newshawk: Kirk
Pubdate: Wed, 16 May 2007
Source: Clarion-Ledger, The (Jackson, MS)
Copyright: 2007 The Clarion-Ledger
Contact: http://www.clarionledger.com/news/about/letters.html
Website: http://www.clarionledger.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/805
Author: Lovisa Stannow and Kathy Hall-Martinez
A DEVASTATING LINK: PRISONER RAPE, THE WAR ON DRUGS IN THE U.S.
LOS ANGELES -- The enormous financial and moral costs of the U.S.
"war on drugs" have been well-documented over the past few years.
Less known is the devastating link between that crusade and the
epidemic of rape behind bars.
With laws requiring longer sentences for drug offenses and less
judicial discretion for leniency, the war on drugs has had a profound
impact - just not the impact that was intended.
Instead of resolving the problems of drug use and drug addiction,
these policies have resulted in a mushrooming of the inmate
population, which in turn has contributed to the problem of rampant
sexual abuse in prisons and jails.
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MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman
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