Rape In Adult Prisons
Rehabilitation, as a criminal justice ideal, has gone so far out of style in the United States that many Americans are apparently quite willing to relegate even young offenders to the ranks of the irredeemable. The passage last year of California's Proposition 21, which expanded the number of children who will be tried as adults and sent to adult prisons, was just the latest blow to the traditional distinction between juvenile delinquents and adult criminals.
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Mesmerized by visions of the rampaging "youthful predator," legislators at both the federal and state levels have enthusiastically promoted these legal changes. Indeed, over the past several years, nearly every state has revised its juvenile justice laws to facilitate prosecuting minors as adults.
At present, more juveniles than ever before are incarcerated in adult prisons and jails in the United States. And, given the proven link between youth and vulnerability to prisoner-on-prisoner rape, these juveniles are also at much greater risk of violent sexual assault.
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