CentralNotice Prison rape in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or prison staff. In 2010, Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 140,000 inmates had been raped while incarcerated. [ 1 ] A United States Department of Justice report, Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates , states that "In 2011-12, an estimated 4.0% of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2% of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility, if less than 12 months." [ 2 ] However, advocates dispute the accuracy of the numbers, saying they seem to under report the real numbers of sexual assaults in prison, especially among juven...