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Technology has progressed to a point that AI can
recognize
certain words through large amounts of noise. Some
words
are easier than others.
Imagine appliances installed in various parts of a prison
that do nothing but listen for a certain phrase, for
example
"help me help me help me"
and sound a location-specific
alarm when heard.
Guards would not have the excuse that they were
elsewhere when a rape/murder/whatever occurred if a
record of instances of the code phrase being spoken
were
kept. Maybe once or twice a guard could be legitimately
be
elsewhere but more than that would be obvious
malfeasance.
Yes it's possible to gag someone but it's really hard to do
before they manage to blurt out "help me" three times.
New inmates should be taught to use this phrase
whenever
someone is about to attack them. Guards should be
required to respond to the alarm immediately. Misuse by
inmates should be punished.
Editorial: Prison rape is horrible and wrong and no
civilized society should tolerate it and those who think
they approve need a hard slap.
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My impression is that the perceived threat of prison rape is maintained as a major part of the idea of prison as a deterrent, so i doubt anything like this would ever happen. |
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"...is that a digging utensil in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?..." |
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I have been biologizing all evening, and now
whenever I look at the word "codephrase" it looks
like the name of an enzyme that breaks down
codephs. |
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Perhaps they should stop playing re-runs of "Everybody Loves Raymond" for the inmates... and, lest I forget, bun [+]. |
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I really think prisons are organised in the way they are, perhaps allowed to be corrupt, precisely because it serves some people's value systems - not mine - that they deter people. I also disagree with that view but i think the idea of reforming prison is unrealistic. You reform the penal system by finding ways of keeping people out of prison but prisons are probably not going to be reformed because they would then be perceived not to work. I suspect it's politically unfeasible. |
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//prisons are probably not going to be reformed because they would then be perceived not to work// You are probably disturbingly close to the mark, [nineteenthly]. Similarly, many innocent people do not have their wrongful convictions investigated or publicised, to avoid shedding light on ways in which the justice system is flawed. |
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Or, if it don't appear to be broke, don't be seen to fix it. |
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[Spidermother], very much chimes with my concern about the erosion of the
concept of presumed innocence, but that's probably not for this place. |
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My chimes chime with your chimes. |
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I think most cases of prison rape are conducted with threat of death or serious injury. Hollering for help has always been an option, this idea solves nothing. |
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Anyone else read this as; Codpiece helps stop prison rape? |
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Personally, I think I could finish before the gaurds showed up... And you can fight it all you want, [21], it just turns me on even more. |
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[rcarty] there has never been an alarm in prisons that
record the time of the cry for help and leave guards
no excuse to not answer it immediately. |
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(twofries), I was just going to post that after resisting for days. Glad I'm not the only one. |
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I see that [21] and [MikeD] are at it again. Is it an Air Force / Army thing? The recent DADT rulings bring so many surprises ;-) |
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[Voice], this idea simply does not fully consider the reality of imprisonment. When does the victim cry foul? When they suspect they are about to be raped? Once they have been completely dominated and are being raped? After the rape event has occurred? Sociological studies of prisons, as well as common knowledge, reveals that informants in prisons are subject to very severe negative sanctions from other inmates. The first rule that inmates learn is not to snitch. If they cry foul before being raped, even during the process of getting pantsed, and that stops the perpetrator then no offence has really been committed and the perpetrator will go free to sharpen his shank. Think about how difficult it would be to call out for help while you're being raped if you're simultaneously being choked by someone who does nothing but push-ups all day. Then maybe after the rape is a good time to call out for help? Is the guard going to inspect the victims anus and track down the suspect based on probable penis girth based on amount of distention? No, probably not. |
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