What follows is one of many emails that weve receive relating to prison rape. The writer's account is clearly somewhat fanciful. While we don't vouch for it, we publish a slightly edited version of the message. After reading a few rape stories on your site, I had to add a few comments. For one thing, I was 15 years-old in 1975 when I was sentenced to life in Florida. My time was to be served in an adult prison. I wrote a book about the experience. It's titled 053803, Life at Fifteen. I explain the whole prison rape situation in my book. As a brief explanation, I'll put it this way. Men need sex. That means that someone has to substitute for a woman. A "real man" will kill or mutilate anyone who takes his ass by force. Anyone can be raped. There are many "tests" that predators try before taking anyone's ass. If the rapist screws up and rapes the wrong man, the victim will come back and kill his attacker or leave him wishing he had been killed. I've seen this happen. The victim lost no respect if he took revenge, at least not to his face. As for those guys who got took, but did nothing, I assume (as did the other convicts) that they liked it. They were fair game. Prison is a bad place. Anything can happen to you. Very few innocent people are there.1 As for a little story-. It was deleted from my book. Hutch and I were walking from the canteen to the library when a "bossman" [guard] stopped us. He was holding his stomach from laughing so hard. He said how he'd gone behind the library to bust guys smoking pot. He found two guys screwing. The boy being porked was "Ricky-Hud." He was so named because he couldn't hold his "mud." He was so well used that he had roids like pussy lips. On the other end of the stick was a black guy reported to have an 18 inch dick.2 They both spotted the bossman at the same time. There was no chance to deny what they were doing. Mo had to take three steps backwards to pullout. After seeing this, the boss let them go just because it was worth the show. He went on to relate the story to other prisoners. FOOTNOTES 1Most persons who've been in prison know that many, prisoners are not guilty of the crimes for which they are imprisoned. Few persons in prison or outside prison are "innocent." Most persons have done things even if it's only speeding or cheating on taxes. One of every seven prisoners is not guilty of the crime for which he's doing time. The writer's pontificating casts doubt on his whole story. 2While it's possible, I suppose, that someone might have an 18 inch cock, such an organ couldn't really become erect. It therefore couldn't be used for anal rape or much of anything else without a splint. The quantity of blood required to engorge such an organ (about 170 cubic inches or 2.79 liters) would make the man pass out. At best, it's an amusing fantasy. We wonder what sort of mind concocts such things.