Kind of an old story (August 2014), but still interesting so I thought I'd post it here.
Charlie Hopkins was arrested in November 2010 for molesting a young female relative. Charlie's father and some other male relative also molested the girl.
Charlie was 20 at the time, and apparently has a low IQ (though not low enough to be considered retarded). He was given 10 years to life in prison.
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/107093978.html
He got placed in this lovely gentleman's cell:
John Markwell was a sex offender himself, but was very large and intimidating. Markwell was 6'1" and 240 pounds, while Hopkins was only 5'8" and 140.
Markwell had a history of intimidating and beating up other inmates. In fact, he apparently forced his previous cellmate to switch to another cell (not sure how that was done) so he could get Hopkins in his cell instead.
From that point, he basically made Hopkins his bitch, first by offering him protection by writing a letter on his behalf (calling him an "awesome homosexual" -- which appears not to even be true) -- something Hopkins could carry around and show other inmates if they were going to attack him.
Of course, in return, he was raping Hopkins, including forcing his head down on his penis when anal sex "hurt too much".Charlie Hopkins is an awesome homosexual that has his mind right and he
deserves a fair chance and has proven himself as he has done with me.
His mother is also my woman, so this-so this woman here is a part
of my family.
. .. Handle with care. Handle fair.
. .. Charlie deserves to be safe and spoiled."
You can read the gory details here: https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/311678.unp.pdf
Unlike on TV, where prison rape is just expected and accepted, it was taken seriously by the state. Markwell was sentenced to life in prison for it -- partially due to his history.
Markwell attempted to appeal, but was...
Now Hopkins is suing the state for the rape he suffered, which is pretty outrageous, given he was in prison in the first place for molesting a child.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/socie...ing-raped-jail