BSJ wrote:


*An estimated 9.6% of former state prisoners reported one or more incidents of sexual victimization during the most recent period of incarceration in a jail, prison, and post-release community-treatment facility.

*Although the rate of sexual victimization in state prison reported by former inmates (7.5%) was higher than the rate reported by inmates in previous BJS surveys (4.8% in 2008-09), the difference may reflect longer exposure periods (39.4 months and 7.9 months, respectively).

*More than three-quarters of all reported staff sexual misconduct involved a male inmate with female staff.

*Among former state prisoners, the rate of inmate-on inmate sexual victimization was at least three times higher for females (13.7%) than males (4.2%).

*About 5.4% of former state prisoners reported an incident involving another inmate, and 5.3% reported an incident involving facility staff.

*An estimated 1.2% of former prisoners reported that they unwillingly had sex or sexual contact with facility staff, and 4.6% reported that they “willingly” had sex or sexual contact with staff.

*Among heterosexual males, an estimated 3.5% reported being sexually victimized by another inmate. In comparison, among males who were bisexual, 34% reported being sexually victimized by another inmate. Among males who were homosexual or gay, 39% reported being victimized by another inmate.