A Federal System of Prostitution Should Be Allowed for America's Prisons

Justinian thanks for debating me on this, and voters, thanks for taking the time with this. Why Prostitutes?I propose that we let inmates buy sex from prostitutes for a very simple reason. People who spend many years away from the opposite gender may eventually turn to the desperate measure of forcing themselves on a member of their gender. The thought is that allowing these potential rapist inmates to have sex with a prostitute who is consenting will leave them far less likely to turn to the measures of rape and coercion.How Needed is This?Very needed. 4% of our prison populations and 3.2% of our jail populations (over 200,000 people) admitted to being sexually assaulted[1][2]. This number is likely higher as ratting out on people is frowned upon in jail[3]. There are more people raped in prisons and jails than there are people raped outside of jails[1]. The US Prison and Jail Population is roughly half a percent of the US population[4][5], and yet more people are being raped in prisons and jails.There are laws in the works right now that intend to lessen this problem, but it is highly unlikely new laws will stop this epidemic because it is up to the guards within the facilities to enforce new laws and take the issue seriously. However it is often reported that guards and administration care very little about issues of inmate rape[3], and therefore are unlikely to enforce new laws regarding that. Not only that, but someone who rats out a rapist in prison could face serious consequences at the hands of his/her fellow inmates[3]. Based on these two things I conclude that making new laws will not be enough, we need to address the truest root of the problem: human nature. Another Texas inmate, who had deep scars on his head, neck, and chest, told Human Right Watch that the prisoner who inflicted the wounds had raped him eight separate times from July through November 1995. The first time M.R. was raped -- "which felt like having a tree limb shoved up into me" -- he told the prison chaplain about it, and the chaplain had him write out a statement for the facility's Internal Affairs department. According to M.R.'s description of the events, the Internal Affairs investigator brought both the victim and the perpetrator into a room together and asked them what had happened. Although M.R. was terrified to speak of the incident in front of the other inmate, he told his story, while the perpetrator claimed the sex was consensual. After both of them had spoken, the investigator told them that "lovers' quarrels" were not of interest to Internal Affairs, sending them both back to their cells. "The guy shoved me into his house and raped me again," M.R. later told Human Rights Watch. "It was a lot more violent this time." [3]It is Morally AcceptableSome people disapprove of prostitution because they believe it is immoral. To these people I would posit this:Which is worse? Consensual, paid sex. Or, consensual, unpaid, traumatizing, and possibly harmful/fatal sex. Those are the options in this scenario. Therefore we can come to the easy conclusion that prostitution is a lesser evil than rape, and if the greater of the evils can be replaced by the lesser, we as a society should strive for that. Thanks for reading. I realize this is a short opening, but with the nature of this proposal, I will spend more time fending off proposed Cons. The reasons for doing this are simple, the reasons to not listen to those who say we shouldn't do this are more complicated, and will doubtless be explored once my opponent has fired back.Sources: [1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk...[2] http://www.bjs.gov...[3] http://www.hrw.org...[4] http://www.nytimes.com... [5] http://www.census.gov...