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  Sexual Victimization and Requests for Assistance in Inmates’ Letters to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission

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Table 1
Table 2

 

Table 1.
Issues directly associated with the victimization Percentage
Report victimization of an inmate by staff member 57.6%
Report victimization of an inmate by another offender 33.3%
Reporting knowledge of others victimized 18.2 %
Others witnessed the victimization 18.2 %
Only sexually assaulted 39.4 %
Only physically assaulted 6.1 %
Only verbally harassed 15.2 %
Verbally harassed and sexually assaulted 9.1 %
Physically assaulted and sexually assaulted 3.0 %
Physically assaulted and verbally harassed 3.0 %
Physically, sexually, and verbally victimized 15.2 %
Sexually assaulted more than once 21.2 %
Physically assaulted more than once 9.1 %

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Table 2.
Issues not directly associated Percentage
Express fear of retaliation from speaking out 18.2 %
Actual retaliation from speaking out 33.3 %
Request for legal assistance 33.3 %
Nonspecific request for assistance 39.4 %
Complaints of medical treatment 18.2 %
Complaints of mental health treatment 3.0 %
Complaints about housing for victims 18.2 %
Mention of mental illness 15.2 %
A grievance was filed 15.2 %
Special needs issues 24.2 %
Inappropriate requests 6.1 %

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