lves the use of direct physical force and indirect force based on the prisoners' total dependency on officers for basic necessities and the guards' ability to withhold privileges. The officer is in complete charge of a prisoner's well-being. Some women are coerced into sex for favors or to avoid punishment. Because prisoners are completely dependent on officers for the most basic necessities, threat to withhold privileges or goods is a very powerful inducement (Watterson 25).
In some instances, women have become pregnant as a result of sexual misconduct, and some of t
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