Intro: Sexual assault in prisons has been a problem ever since prisons have been established. Whether it’s the guards assaulting the inmates or the inmates assaulting the other inmates it is still a problem. Every person who ever enters a prison facility will either witness someone being sexually assaulted or will engage in the act of sexually assaulting someone.
Thesis: Sexual assaults in prison are a problem because they can lower the self esteem of the victim and it can also contribute to the spread of incurable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, but there are some solutions to these problems.
1st: Sexual Assault in Prisons is a problem because it can cause long term low self esteem issue for the man or woman that …show more content…
Whether it’s the guards assaulting the inmates or the inmates assaulting the other inmates, it is still a problem. Every person who ever enters a prison facility will either witness someone being sexually assaulted or will engage in the act of sexually assaulting someone. Sexual assaults in prison are a problem because they can lower the self esteem of the victim and it can also contribute to the spread of incurable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, but there are some solutions to these problems.
Sexual Assault in Prisons is a problem because it can cause long term low self-esteem issue for the man or woman that is being assaulted (Prendergast). Inmates feel as though no one will want to hear their story or will even help them out and that can cause them to just shut out the world, which can lead to severe long term low self esteem issues. Ever since Scott Howard was raped in prison he now suffers from low self esteem about his sexuality and about his appearance (Prendergast). “He was neatly dressed in blazer, slacks and tie… He was determined to not think about it too much, to just get it over with – like so much else that he’d been through over the past few years” (Prendergast). By Scott being assaulted in prison he now covers up what happened to him and tries not to think so much about it because in the past no one has ever listened (Prendergast). It is important to try and get others to open up about their experiences in prison no matter what so that this can help decrease the rates of people with low self esteem issues and lots of other