The US has the highest prisoners in the world with over 2million people living behind bars across the country. Increasing number of Women prisoners face sexual intimidation, and assault in the Prison. According to recent statistics, an estimated 9.6 percent of former inmates at state prisons nationwide faced one or more incidents of sexual victimization. About 5.4 percent of former state prisoners said they had witnessed an incident involving another inmate, while 5.3 percent reported an incident involving prison staff.
Each one of about 50 women of Tutwiler prison in the US state of Alabama, when contacted reported sexual assault, mostly by prison officials. In one incident, Monica Washington, a woman prisoner, became pregnant after being raped by a prison guard. Although her case was taken to court, the guard was charged with criminal sexual misconduct and served 6 months in prison. He was not charged with rape charges. #
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