Don Black
Screenwriter
- Joined
- Dec 11, 1998
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So, I'm watching a rerun of Law and Order: SVU tonight and the typical police threats of prison rapes, beatings, and shankings were used to convince a suspect to confess. I'm curious if these kinds of things really happen as readily as its portrayed in the media? Certainly, they do happen and I'm sure it depends on the type of facility (e.g., max/min security). But are prisoners even regularly beaten, stabbed, and raped at maximum security facilities (by other inmates of course..not guards)?