Reply #6: I wonder if a prisoner could sue the state? [View All]

If I were a prisoner and went to prison HIV neg, was raped, and contracted HIV, I would want someone to pay and I mean pay out their ass, no pun intended. I guess you wouldn't expect an HIV pos inmate, who is hell bent on raping another, to bother wearing a condom. I know all prison sex isn't rape, and in those cases protection should be allowed. I guess the government is to dumb to know it happens, or they don't care, which is more likely the case. Even though these are prisoners, they have the right to be protected and safe while in prison. I have little sympathy for rapist, murders, and child molesters, but they aren't the only ones in prison. This country has such screwed up drug laws, the prisons are full of otherwise good people who got caught up in bad stuff, and their sentences go way beyond repaying society. Sorry for the rant, I guess that part is for another thread, but it does have relevancy here.