It seems to be common knowledge that if you are a young and fair male in prison you stand a chance of being selected by some big strong buck for receiving his member up your rectum against your will.
I suspect that Hollywood has promoted this myth. Aren’t all areas of a prison monitored?
I don’t doubt that it has occured, but is prison rape as prevalent as we are led to believe?
According to this press release from Stop Prisoner Rape (WARNING: NSFW CONTENT), it’s estimated that one in five male inmates are subjected to sexual abuse of some form, and in some women’s facility the rate is as high as one in four.
GQ Thread on this from November that fought my ignorance and learned me sumpin’
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=281499&highlight=prison+rape