TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRison rape and suicide
AU  - Wiggs JW
Y1  - 1989/12/22
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1989.03430240037010
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 3403
EP  - 3403
VL  - 262
IS  - 24
N2  - To the Editor.— 
    In reading the article entitled "Suicide Mortality in the Maryland State Prison System, 1979 Through 1987," by Salive et al,1 I was surprised to discover that the characteristics of inmates who committed suicide did not address the major issue of whether any of them had been subject to homosexual rape. All of the features characteristic of heterosexual rape, which is justly condemned, apply to homosexual rape, with the addition that in the prison environment the man who is raped by homosexual attack has no way to escape further rapes by the same gang. This must have an influence on the incidence of suicide; it is unfortunate that the study was done without addressing this major issue.
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430240037010
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430240037010
ER  -