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Keep in mind that many experts consider county and local jails to be more likely places for rapes than prisons. There is a reason for this. You are more likely to be raped while in prison if:

- You are young.
- You come from a middle-class background.
- You are white.
- You are not street smart or have no gang affiliations.
- Physically you are of small stature.

By the time repeat or career criminals get to prison they have normally made the circuit through foster homes, juvenile lockups and reform schools where rape is very common. So by the time they actually make it to the big time they are well schooled in this fact of prison life and quite often they are the attackers not the attackees.

Do not think that rape will only happen in prison. If you have to go to county jail prior to your trial and while awaiting transfer to prison, a sexual attack is very likely to occur there. This can all depend on the area you live in. If you are in a rural area with a small jail, of course the chances will drop. But if you are in a metro area, Los Angeles County, New York's Rikers Island, Miami's Dade, and Chicago's Cook being among the worst, your chances of being raped are going to skyrocket.

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Power and wealth has gone away from ordinary people and is now in the hands of the very few, and the few are using that power and wealth to enrich themselves, ignoring the needs of the vast majority of working people. That is why so few Americans vote in elections - because they no longer feel that their government works for them, but rather, for the interests of the wealthy and the powerful. Elections in America are a scam, they are entirely dominated by big money. Both, Democratic and Republican parties are the representatives of big businesses whose lobbyists buy their votes for the highest price.

Under the present election system US citizens do not have the freedom to make a real choice of political leadership. In this exploitative society single-seat elections tend to create two dominant parties in order to impress upon the exploited. The illusion of choice at the ballot box. The lesser of two evils has become the formula that Americans employ to elect their servants. Americans vote in such small numbers not just because they are apathetic, but also because the concerns of the public are never articulated by the politicians. So, voters are sick of having the so-called freedom to elect the lesser of two evils , and no other alternative exists.

There also is the financial aspect of the elections. Money not only talks in America, it rules. The candidate with the most money wins. Money buys elections. Politicians get money from big businesses, which demands in return a politician's allegiance to corporate status quo interests. Any change is impossible as long as politicians are responsible of private instead of public interests. The act of voting is worse than useless if business elites decide who will run and who will win. This is precisely why wealthy Americans vote and the poor do not. The wealthy are capable of affecting election outcomes with the money they spend to buy politicians.

Only 38% of the qualified US citizens voted in 1994 election, and only 52% of those who voted, a mere 12% of those eligible to vote, voted for Republican candidates. Now Republican Party claims to have won a mandate for massive change. With that so-called mandate , the Republicans in US Congress are now making legislation which, if enacted, would cause intense pain and suffering for tens of millions of Americans. At a time when the gap between the rich and poor is growing wider and wider, when the United States already has the most unequal distribution of wealth in the industrialized world, when at least 5 million American children go hungry, the mean-spirited Republicans proposes lowering taxes on the wealthy and cutting back severely on programs needed by the poor, the elderly, and especially children. There is no doubt that the Republican Party of the United States is the single worst and most dangerous terrorist organization in the world today. But, on the other hand, if Republicans openly represent evil, Democrats represent slick hypocrisy. And well-established republicrat monopoly of power keeps status quo for this system, based on oppression, exploitation and fundamental injustice.

However it may be, Americans have only themselves to blame for what they now have. When only 30 or so percent of eligible voters nationwide bother to vote, it enables a motivated minority of as little as 20 percent of the country s population to set the agenda. It means that small percentage of mean-spirited people can unleash the disaster, which is now being called the "republican revolution"... It seems that Americans are fundamentally passive and unrevolutionary citizens. So many people here simply prefer to stick their heads in the sand. Too few Americans think in terms of class structure. But they should. It s their life and the life of the society in which they live. How to free the slave who believes his chains to be part of the natural order...

Exactly: I have noticed that Americans understand they live in a damned country, but they cannot do anything to change it, so they remain mute when they notice injustices. After all, they're born here, this is their place, everywhere else they'd be guests, it's not like us who have a choice and go back to our countries if America disappoints us.

I think it's not worth even for 99% of Americans,they just don't have where to go

Legally, illegally,America's not worth.

Possible.

Most immigrants would not go back to their countries (even if they are leading a relatively poor life here) because their own countries are either very poor or totalitarian/undeveloped countries.

To as they once were, Additudes like yours are why Americans are ready to put a stop to immigration for a while. I bet the FBI would be interested in your posts. Don't you think so??

You're right, it's not that easy, but we have to remember the basis for their presence. Just who is responsible for these folks who have made these attachments here? The people who chose to come here. Why are Americans being blamed for the decisions of others? If you are not supposed to be here, don't come, or leave, and come back when you have valid documentation. I'm tired of hearing that people hate the laws and come here anyway for a better life, then complain about the life they've established. This is an issue of individual responsibility - no one forced them to come here, and once they're here, they have to be independent and responsible for their lives, and if that means facing legal consequences for their choices, should they be exempt? If I drive drunk and get caught, I get in trouble. If you sell drugs and get caught, you will face consequences. Why are the undocumented illegals different?

I know quite a few people who has said that word to America and gone back to their countries

America will go nuts if it is driven nuts, and right now the issues of immigration, war and security are complicating and endangering our lives. Like a previous poster said, write to your representatives, whatever your opinion or stance, and let them know what needs to be done - they need to listen to us, the average person, and not their advisors. We are the ones living in the trenches, so to speak, and we need to remind our elected officials that things must change. There is hope in America, and an enormous amount of potential, but only if everyone speaks out and we work together for change. I sent another email message to about 25 state and local representatives this past weekend. If we all do it, there will be even more hope, and we can continue to work to improve things.

I'd better say go back to your countries: America will go totally nuts in the next 5-10 years...there's no hope left here

I sent 50 e-mails...continue to e-mail to your representatives..

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