Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren Instead of Dismissing Sexual Violence in Prison and Its Health Effects, Some Are Unlocking Possible Solutions. Rape is a hot topic today. Yet the “moralistic” conservative Republicans sitting in Congress, along with some blue dog Democrats, consider it an outdated issue once raised by feminists, and they seemingly don’t give a hoot about some Americans who are raped. In January, as part of their budget-cutting onslaught, House Republicans introduced HR 3, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” The [...]

Reports of alarming rates of HIV among incarcerated Americans fall on deaf ears of those in power. Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren Between 20% and 26% of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States have spent time in the correctional system.” That was the startling and little-noticed statement in a 2006 study by UC San Francisco professor Elizabeth Kantor, titled “HIV Transmission and Prevention in Prisons.” As her source, Kantor cited a 2002 report to Congress by the National Commission on Correctional Health [...]