PDD.14: Sexual Assaults in Prison

The bottom line, regarding The Public Duty Doctrine, is that every citizen is on their own; they must swim at their own risk; they have a natural right to self-protection; the government, be it federal, state, or local, cannot be held legally liable to protect, because there was no duty to protect in the first place.

What if your brother or sister or father or mother was in jail, either rightfully or wrongfully accused, and they were sexually assaulted, and could not protect themselves because the overwhelming nature of being confined with the worst of our society?

TV cop shows constantly bring the subject up: Talk, or you'll end up in prison with a boyfriend, named Bubba, and he thinks you're cute. People laugh at this, but this is not a laughing matter.

Consider a new report just released by The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Evaluation and Inspections Division, entitled The Department of Justice's Efforts to Prevent Staff Sexual Abuse of Federal Inmates, September, 2009:

http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/new.htm. Under September 10, click "PDF" and that will bring up the report.

This report talks about federal prison staff and private prison staff sexually abusing inmates. It does not talk about state, local, and municipal prison/jail staff sexually abusing inmates. It does not talk about inmate to inmate sexual assaults, be it federal, state, or local.

And here's my point: If you had a family member in prison, who had been sexually assaulted while in custody, be it from staff or a fellow inmate, do you think you'd have legal recourse (sue the fed, state, or local government for failure to protect)?

Look it up!!!