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this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2026
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This article is a bit tough to understand. What is the expected logic of such practices? I know its a horrific phenomenon all-around, but what was even the initial idea of how this could possibly be a net good for any entity involved?
The "net good" here is that it's torture for us. It's good sport for those in power in prison. There's also the fact that those in power can earn a little side hustle from relatively zero risk: you don't need to smuggle anything into the prison to sell, you just sell one prisoner to the next. That is the society we live in.
Things are pretty fucked up right now for us literally everywhere. We're fucking dying here. Educate yourself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-coding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_States#V-coding
They take aggressive men and let them vent some steam off by raping a woman. This reduces their aggression towards other inmates and makes them more controllable.
Since trans women are basically treated there as subhumans, no one cares of them in this equation.
Also reduces aggressiveness towards guards