Groups from both left and right stood united on Capitol Hill over the rampant rate of rape in prison. Regardless of political persuasion, all agree the statistics are shocking.
That’s why conservative groups like Prison Fellowship joined liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, Tuesday.
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Groups from both left and right stood united on Capitol Hill over the rampant rate of rape in prison. Regardless of political persuasion, all agree the statistics are shocking.
At least 60,000 sexual assaults happen every year behind bars, affecting one in 20 adult inmates and one in eight juveniles.
Marilyn Shirley was serving a four-year prison term for a drug crime when she said she was brutally raped and sodomized by a prison guard.
“It was bad, and this could happen to anybody. People don’t realize, it could be your wife, your son, your daughter. It’s very easy for this to happen,” Shirley said.
That’s why conservative groups like Prison Fellowship joined liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, Tuesday.
“One-hundred-nineteen adults and six juveniles per day [are] sexually assaulted. And that’s appalling. No matter what crime somebody’s done, the sentence doesn’t include being raped,” Prison Fellowship vice president Pat Nolan said.