> People get "fucked up" in general prison populations every day.
> No unassailable figures exist but best estimates are that 70% to 90% of
> inmates are raped and well over 90% are threatened with a very credible
> threat of physical violence.
> Why exempt Paris from this very real threat that exists for EVERYONE
> else in the general prison population?
> If fewer than half of all inmates were physically threatened then one
> could make a reasonable case that since Paris may have a 90%-98% chance
> of being threatened with physical harm this constituted an unfair burden
> for her when compared to other inmates.
You are correct about physical assault and rape in jail and prison being a pervasive problem. You are mistaken about how prevalent it is, however:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20155
A Letter on Rape in Prisons By David Kaiser, Reply by Jason DeParle
In response to The American Prison Nightmare (April 12, 2007)
"Prisoner rape has been largely ignored: by journalists, advocates, policymakers, and researchers. The available data therefore, especially on its frequency, are not very good. Still, it is possible to have some notion of the problem's magnitude. Recent studies of prisons in four midwestern states suggest that approximately 20 percent of male inmates are pressured or coerced into unwanted sexual contact; approximately 10 percent are raped.[1] Rates of sexual abuse in women's facilities, where the perpetrators are most likely to be male staff, seem to vary more by institution but are as high as 27 percent of inmates.[2]"
-WD