During the 20 years I’ve spent in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), I’ve witnessed a variety of sexual situations. There was only one that I could consider to have been coerced. The kid (maybe 20) was a nervous wreck and scared like a chicken spotting a hawk.
He was in and out so fast—checked into segregation and was apparently transferred—that I never did get his story. But I have no shortage of others…
FCI Ray Brook, Lake Placid, NY, was a form of international village of prisoners (in fact, it started out as the Athelete’s Village for the 1980 US Winter Olympics). No one ever accused the US of failing to Romanize the world… more…





