Here in the US I know we do not have an accurate census on male rape. Males are less likely to report that they were a victim of rape because of embarrasment, and often the system looks down on them. My best friend (male) was raped while he was passed out by a female and he never told anyone but me. This is a problem here because most rape crisis centers are geared towards women and often men are uncomfortable talking to someone who specializes in women.

I believe it is a problem here in the US. Watching shows on MSNBC, National Geographic, A & E, the men in prison do tell you that the likelyhood of being raped is high and you have to watch your back. In prison, all races are separated and if you don't stick to your own kind you can be raped, beaten, sodomized, even killed. Even the gay men have to be careful because even though they like men, its still rape if someone forces you to do something you didn't want to do.

1) "The recent rape of a male college student in the Alachua County Jail, while sad and regrettable, is a fact of life in jails and prisons across the nation. There are an estimated 240,000 such rapes every year and that number appears to be increasing. A casual hunt on any Internet search engine for “prison rape” will produce more material than can be absorbed in a single sitting. Google alone lists about 488,000 sites. The one type of prison rape that is not listed or discussed anywhere: prison staffs are also rape victims. A single rape in some 20 years of service may result in a case of hepatitis or AIDS that can be transmitted to the partner. The overall rate of confirmed AIDS among the nation's prison population was four times the rate in the U.S. general population in the year 2000. This represents the best guess in an environment where extensive testing is in no one’s best interest. Prison rape is symptomatic of a far greater problem and has consequences that are problems in themselves. For instance, about 20 percent of inmates are less than 25 years old. Thus they will reach their majority and/or mature in jails and prisons with other inmates as their role models. If these inmates are released while they are still sexually active, we can expect each of them to parent one to four children. That means about a million children with a parent who matured in jails or prisons where rape was a common practice or experience. If each of the present 2 million jail and prison inmates parents one to four children, and the recidivism rate remains at about 67 percent, then we can expect the state to become involved in raising and/or financially supporting an additional 1 to 8 million children over the next generation. Trends indicate that the nature of the prison population is changing. Over half of the increase in our prison population since 1995 is due to an increase in violent offenses such as murder, negligent and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, extortion, intimidation, criminal endangerment, and others. This is a direct indication of the core problem of which prison rape is a symptom. The problem is the institutionalization of our society. We warehouse our problems and expect them to be resolved on their own. For the purposes of this paper, warehousing and dehumanizing are interrelated terms and processes." Source and further information: http://www.gatelessgate.org/archive/kc/prison_and_jail_rape/index.php 2) "Just Detention International (JDI) was founded in 1980 by Russell Smith as People Organized to Stop the Rape of Imprisoned Persons (POSRIP). In the mid-1990s, it was incorporated by current officers as "Stop Prisoner Rape, Inc." With the expansion of its programs to other countries, in 2008, it was renamed Just Detention International. The organization has branches in countries including South Africa, Mexico, Canada and the Philippines. Though the name has changed, the organization's mission has stayed the same: to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention. The mission was described in its first newsletter as "dealing with the problems of rape, sexual assault, un-consensual sexual slavery, and forced prostitution in the prison context." Like many of those involved in the early days of the organization, Smith himself was a victim of rape behind bars. Most of JDI's presidents for more than 25 years had themselves suffered rape and abuse as prisoners." "As an example of the attention given to the issue, in December 2008 the California Senate Committee on Public Safety held a hearing on issues of sexual abuse in prison. “Contrary to popular belief, prisoner rape is not an inevitable part of incarceration, but the result of inadequate prison policies and poor management,” said Lovisa Stannow, Executive Director of Just Detention International. She testified that 67 percent of LGBT prisoners suffered rape while in detention." "The continuing problem of rape in prisons has been documented. In 2000 an independent study of Midwestern facilities "concluded that 21 percent of the inmates in seven prison facilities had experienced at least one episode of pressured or forced sexual contact since being incarcerated, and nearly one in ten had been raped." JDI was instrumental in securing passage of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), the first-ever federal law addressing prisoner rape. JDI worked with Senators and Representatives on both sides of the aisle to develop the legislation and led a broad coalition of non-governmental organizations that supported PREA. Since PREA was signed into law by President Bush in September 2003, SPR has turned its attention to ensuring the law's meaningful implementation." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Prisoner_Rape 3) "The book-length "No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons" was released on April 19, 2001. The report documented that prison rape was commonplace during a time when half of U.S. states compiled no statistics on the subject. Brent Staples described the report, which was based partly on the testimony of over 200 inmate victims, as "grisly". "No Escape" surveyed 34 states' prison systems. The report documented lurid accounts of prison rape, where inmates were being sold to other inmates as sex slaves, men, instead of being beaten into submission, coerced into sexual activity, sometimes while prison officials stood by. In the report a group of six Texas inmates told HRW that sexual slavery "is commonplace in the system's most dangerous prison units." "No Escape" identified prisons run by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as the worst for incidents of prison rape; this assertion was confirmed by later reports. The report also collated similar testimony from inmates in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, and California. "No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons" blamed indifference and feigned ignorance by prison officials for the widespread existence of male inmate on inmate sexual violence in American prisons. When HRW queried Nebraska for information while compiling "No Escape" they were told that incidents were "minimal"; New Mexico told HRW no reported incidents had occurred in the past few years. Numerous other states had similar responses that characterized such incidents as rare or not a problem; among those states the Department of Corrections in Alaska, Connecticut and Kentucky all noted they did not keep records of sexual violence reports." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape:_Male_Rape_in_U.S._Prisons Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Rape_Elimination_Act_of_2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Prison_Rape_Elimination_Commission 4) "The last group of prisoners, at the bottom of the list, are the petukhi, the "untouchables". These prisoners are veritable underdogs, shunned by all the others, and are literally "untouchable". They cannot share premises, work or even eat with other prisoners. They are of course housed apart, and for them to even brush against the sleeve of a boss may mean severe punishment or maiming. However, prisoners in this "caste" are used by the bosses (and sometimes by others, even prison guards) as sex slaves. This type of contact is not seen as degrading, and can go far beyond what would in any case constitute rape in a Western context. In many cases, unspeakable forms of what can only be called sexual depravity are inflicted on these prisoners, for reasons of sexual gratification and sheer perversity. The law of silence prevents anyone from complaining or even mentioning this state of affairs to the prison administration, which in any case already knows about it and will do nothing." Source and further information: "(Ir)relevance of condoms in prisons International Committee of the Red Cross Countries of the former Soviet Union" http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57JNYL?OpenDocument&View=defaultBody&style=custo_print 5) "A study conducted in Australian prisons found that prison rape was experienced by at least 10% of male prisoners aged 18-25, with a small number of these victims reporting sexual assault on a daily basis. However, author Jeremy Prichard (2000) has contended that the incidence and frequency of prison rapes depends upon the unique social climate and institutional culture of the specific prison, and whether or not the prison houses certain individuals who may promote or spread sexually-abusive attitudes and the acceptance of prison rape within the prison subculture. Prison rapists, according to Prichard, sexually-abuse other inmates to gain a more powerful position in the prison sexual hierarchy, known as the "pecking order," and it is these "prisoner leaders" that must be targeted by correctional staff wishing to curb the incidence of prison rape. It is these individuals that "rule the roost," and maintain their dominance over their sex-slaves as an expression of their power and masculinity." "According to New South Wales Magistrate David Heilpern, "Sexual assault in prison is not about sex...it is about power," in which "the penis is a weapon of control," leaving "no viable bruises or scars," and a unique attempt to enslave individuals by using shame, stigma, and terror made all the more extreme in a prison environment. Australia, like the United States, Canada, and the UK, is confronted with a growing prison rape problem, and the primary objective right now is generating more awareness. But in addition to awareness, Heilpern also notes that the community must also take some responsibility for rape behind bars, because it is the community, as well as the victim, that will suffer from improperly-rehabilitated, traumatized, and suspicious individuals being released. However, measuring the incidence of rape within prison is a difficult task, since the distinction between consensual, homosexual sex and nonconsensual, coercive sex is often blurred. Many convicts, by virtue of their social isolation, loneliness, and insecurity produced by their confinement, actively seek out male partners of their own volition. Correctional staff definitions of rape also vary widely, considering the heterogeneity of attitudes among officers. Those who feel close to many inmates define prison rape very liberally, whereas those who maintain distance from inmates may define prison rape more narrowly, and may instead include violent rape under the category of violent abuse. In addition, there is a degree of skepticism towards prisoner allegations. By nature of their secretive operation, evidence is often lacking in prison rape cases, and prisoners have little bargaining power and jury support in court. This is of particular concern to those filing lawsuits, who must first pass the "deliberate indifference" test proving that correctional officials "know of and disregard an excessive risk to inmate health or safety" " Source and further information: http://www.insideprison.com/prison-rape.asp Further information: - "Male rape in UK prisons": http://www.survivorsswindon.com/prisons.htm

well in the prisons in ireland it just doesnt really happen, ive heard this from inmates. however the prison are much tougher in the US and over hear a life sentence can be reduced to 7 years.

its wat dey all deserve ha!