Every conservative you have ever met supports this. Every single one.
sodomy in US prisons is a JOKE to Americans.
ever hear one of them say: ‘dont drop the soap’ like its something to laugh about?
Propagated as a scare tactic to keep men subservient to law enforcement
Been to jail. Dropping soap is a real thing when theres also dudes who will try to get new people locked in their personal cell during shift change for an hour.
Yep, it’s pure evil. Every guard involved is morally culpable for the rapes they cause
Internet outrage is utter dogshit trash
Fuck :,(
Jesus Fucking Christ.
I feel sick. :(
That’s insane. I don’t have it in me right now to look further into this. I’m sure there are plenty of testimonies and accounts that are terrible and difficult to read. I just can’t. The spectre of that being part of the deal for our incarcerated sisters makes me fear prison even more.
Given infinite opportunity for good, and we chose… violence.
We’ve always chosen violence. For centuries.
So make a change
since when are prisons “good”?
Learn to read
To quote Mama Ru, “Reading is, what?”
then let’s abolish
The proper answer is that, Reading is Fundamental.
Fucking Hell americans. Why are you like this?
We let McConnell pack the courts with fascists for decades, now the chickens come home to roost.
But have you tried blaming Europe?
I’m convinced they put something in the water and/or air and/or food to make some of us greedy self centered seething pieces of shit. Unfortunately those are the people in power.
I just want to puke
That was one of the hardest reads for such a relatively short article with not too many unfamiliar words. Fucking hell. Every American should read it.
they can’t 😭
Its my fault for coming to lemmy hoping for some mindless escapism. I get gut punched each time I open my feed. My understanding of the world shows me a bleaker, more disgusting image every time. I appreciate you sharing this and opening my eyes, thanks.
For you it’s mindless scrolling. For us it’s daily life. Help us.
Knowing the truth is important. So is staying strong enough to fight. Part of staying strong enough to fight is tending to your emotional well-being.
Please take breaks when you need. Friendship and sunsets and butterflies still exist. Use them as often as you can🫂
You either gotta use an app/front-end with filters, or accept having your mind expanded, be it for good or ill (or both, since one can lead to the other).
I prefer the second option 99/100, but I do have an app that’s heavily filtered for when I just can’t bear the ugliness of the world for a few hours.
Go to imgur, 9gag, krazframe, 4chan, memify, etc
Lemmy is like reddit- an unhealthy mix of trolls and legit discussions
I used to frequent 9gag when it was mostly ragecomics, countryballs etc. (and also quite some time after that), but nowadays its just xenophobia, racism and incels.
Oh wow you’re right. I hadn’t been there for a while… jeeze…
Rape is practically universal in US prisons. The problem is vastly underreported, we’ll never know the true extent of it. It’s not just inmates (of all kinds), the guards revel in it.
… and we have more prisoners than any other country, there are millions of inmates.
Of course, we could make the guards wear cameras with every room being monitored, but I guess why bother? We’re not going to charge them anyway.
Our entire culture is one of raping. We rape the land, our neighboring countries, the oceans, the financial system, and each other in every way conceivable.
Ropefuel
Farmers do this shit with cattle and horses, wow, gross. So cool how already normalised it was before 2016, great /s
All your brainpower occupied with breathing?
Also keep in mind: trans women are toys in prison. They want to keep them in longer, they give them sex offender charges for resisting (the trans sexual predator claim comes from this partly, other than that is that many trans women turn to prostitution to survive, which is a sex offence)
On top of that, BOP policy is to cut off hormones and do conversion torture. So they toss you in a cell to be raped like a woman, while trying to torture you into not being one.
Cutting of hormones is worse than simply forcing a detransition. Suddenly stopping produces effects similar to menopause until her natural testosterone return to typical male levels. Depending on what other procedures she has had done, a transwomen without artificial hormones may never return to healthy hormone levels for either gender.
