Heya,
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Originally Posted by Brett Golden
Now read this report from "No escape rape U.S. prisons", and remember that blacks are 10 times more likely to be HIV positive than whites:
"According to CDC report authored by Dr. Robert Greifinger, formally the Department of Correction's chief medical officer, and cited by Fox Butterfield in a New York Times article ["Infections in Newly Released Inmates Are Rising Concern" dated January 28, 2003], an inordinate number of inmates are leaving prison with one infectious disease or another. In 1996 alone, 1.3 million releasees had hepatitis C; 155,000 had hepatitis B; 12,000 had tuberculosis; 98,000 had HIV; and 39,000 had AIDS. Presumably, the numbers for 2003 are considerably higher."
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Honey-child I think your numbers are a victim of imagination.
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The total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,470,045 at yearend 2003.
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Department of Justice PDF FIle For Prison Numbers
There were only 1.4 million prisoners in custody in 2003 (The year the article you use was published.
In addition:
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Correctional authorities reported that 22,028 State inmates
and 1,631 Federal inmates were HIV positive. The number known to be HIV
positive totaled 23,659, down from 23,864 at yearend 2002.
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Department of Justice PDF FIle For HIV Cases
This shows that the numbers in 2003 were much lower than your presented information.
Let us now compare 2005.
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The total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,525,924 at yearend 2005
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Department of Justice PDF File for Prisoner Numbers
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At yearend 2005, an estimated 18,953 males and 1,935 females in State prisons were HIV-infected or had confirmed AIDS.
During 2005 an estimated 176 State inmates died from AIDS-related causes, down from 185 in 2004.
Among Federal inmates, 27 died from AIDS-related causes in 2005, up from 18 in 2004.
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Department of Justice HIV Cases in 2005
Now we can look at sexual activity in prison.
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6.241 allegations of sexual violence in prison and jail reported in 2005, up from 5.386 in 2004.
38% of allegations involved staff sexual misconduct; 35%, inmate-on-inmate conconsensual sexual acts, 17%, staff sexual harassment; and 10%, inmate-on-inmate abusive sexual contact.
There were 2.83 allegations of sexual violence per 1000 inmates in 2005, up from 2.46 in 2004.
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Department of Justice PDF on Sexual Violence 2005.
Let us do some math.
1,525,924 Prisoners in Custody 2005
1525 Prison Population Divided by 1000
2.83 Number of allegations per 1000
Resulting in
4315 allegations of sexual abuse in 2005.
Now I know that the number and the facts (pesky things those) will not sway you. I know this because racist can't be influenced by reality or truth but you need to stop posting inaccurate numbers.
Love and Kisses,
Tanjy