Release Within Confinement: An Alternative Proposal for Managing the Masturbation of Incarcerated Men in U.S. Prisons

contraterrene · 2020-04-22T06:51:27+00:00

I naively had no idea this was even a thing, cruel and unusual punishment indeed.

Im going to hazard a guess that no woman has ever been punished in a prison for flicking the bean.

qemist · 2020-04-22T06:10:46+00:00

Abstract Policies regarding masturbation among incarcerated men vary throughout the United States. To describe the state of these policies, a systematic review of prison masturbation policies was conducted. The review revealed that masturbation among incarcerated men is banned in most U.S. prisons (sometimes in all cases, and other times only when it is intended to disturb others, and/or is public). Furthermore, many states’ Departments of Corrections have made these policies difficult for the public to identify. Prison masturbation bans have been defended on the grounds that they reduce STI transmission, help maintain order, prevent hostile work environments for female prison staff, assist in prison rape prosecutions, and assist in rehabilitating incarcerated people. By reviewing the available social science and endocrinological research on masturbation, those justifications are found to have minimal basis in scientific evidence. Conversely, the evidence does suggest the masturbation bans could potentially be linked with higher rates of violence, rape, exploitation, sex offender recidivism, insomnia, stress, depression, and suicide. Instead of being rooted in evidence, bans on prison masturbation seem to be primarily motivated by sex-negativity and the desire to retributively punish incarcerated people. To alleviate these harms, this article suggests allowing incarcerated men to masturbate within specifically identified circumstances, and/or to lessen existing punishments for masturbation. Potential problems with the implementation of the suggested policy are discussed, and a call is made to make inmate handbooks, which contain most of these policies, available to the public. Unique opportunities for penological and sexological research are identified.

More reason to stay out of jail if you're a man.

Sininenn · 2020-04-22T23:38:50+00:00

What. The actual. Fuck!

Literally, yet another case of denying men the right to their own bodies.

excess_inquisitivity · 2020-04-23T19:27:58+00:00

money quote:

On the facts as alleged in the complaint, however, Boxer has failed to meet this standard. We conclude that a female prison guard’s solicitation of a male prisoner’s manual masturbation, even under the threat of reprisal, does not present more than de minimisinjury. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of Boxer’s claim under the Eighth Amendment. (Boxer X v. Harris, 2006)

compelling a prisoner to masturbate on command is not a crime, at least not if the prisoner is male.

Title	Release Within Confinement: An Alternative Proposal for Managing the Masturbation of Incarcerated Men in U.S. Prisons
Author	qemist
Upvotes	9
Comments	8
Date	April 22, 2020 6:09 AM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/g5vu8u/release_within_confinement_an_alternative/
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compelling a prisoner to masturbate on command is not a crime, at least not if the prisoner is male.