People who have never been in prison may find it hard to understand why sex is such an important topic for those who have lost their freedom. Prison sexuality (or prison sex or penitentiary sex) consists of sexual relationships between prisoners or between a prisoner and a prison employee or other persons to whom prisoners have access [1] exceptions to this include sex with spouses/partners during conjugal visits and sex with a prison. When a prison official sexually assaults an inmate, though, courts have little difficulty in finding liability under the eighth amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment But what if the inmate enjoyed the sex, and wanted more of it That’s the question david walton, a wisconsin prisoner, put before the court of appeals.
However, correctional officers and former prisoners consistently say that consensual sex is common among inmates. Prison rioter stuart horner recently claimed there would be less violence in jail if there was more sex. The commission on sex in prison’s final report, published today (tuesday 17 march), features accounts from former prisoners speaking for the first time about their experiences of sex behind bars.
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