The numbers are staggering. The problem is overwhelming.The government reported Thursday that in the past year, 4.4 percent of inmates in prison and 3.1 percent of inmates in jail report being victimized sexually by another inmate or staff member.
According to a study by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, those percentages mean that 88,500 inmates behind bars were the victim of sex crimes nationwide from October 2008 to December 2009.
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