US Prisoners Should Have Access To Prostitutes

I AGREE] 1. Rape does happen in prison and is a big concern when talking about the prison system.*(this also acknowledges the severity of the AIDS virus being spread through rape). 2. I have no such views that everyone in prison is a sick or demented person. I think this is more for the audience, but just re-iterate there is no debate on whether prisoners "deserve what they get", rape in prison is something that shall not be condoned in this debate and neither Pro nor Con will accept any such talk. 3. I agree on recidivism and the implications that a better system will have less repeat offenders. 4. I agree that in theory prostitution being supplied to prisoners would "kill two birds with one stone".* * But I do not hold the opinion that this is the correct answer, nor is it possible. [I QUESTION] 1. The legitimacy of the "90% of prisoners are out in one year or less." Especially coming from a non-linked quote at ABC news coming from an activist. 2. Accepting the quote as being true just to humor it: A) The statistic would not be in relation to the topic. B) There is no connection that those 90% would likely get raped by the 10%. C) We can generally assume that rape would not happen in under a year because of the lack of sex. 3. The legitimacy of [6] especially, but really all your sources are improperly linked. NOTE: You should just link federal or statistical data. Anything else is rather unneeded in this debate and I could have completely argued "improper sources" and have won that point quite easily. I however am not going to do that since my reply does not need to contradict them. [I DISAGREE] 1. The "AIDS is a death sentence" statement nor the linking of that to the current system. A) AIDS Is not curable, but it is no longer recognized as a "Death Sentence". B) The prison system does not give people the AIDS virus themselves. C) The prison system does not condone the act of rape. D) The prison system is not able to be held accountable of illegal activity, but should strive to prevent it. [Prostitution is ILLEGAL] This is where I could end the debate, but I am choosing not to. The fact that prostituting, pimping, or purchasing services gets you jail time and that it would be hypocritical for the government to sponsor the same thing that it sent people to jail for, kind of ends the argument. -But again, I'm humoring the debate and I think that Pro should have stated this being a "hypothetical: If prostitution were legal" scenario in the opening. [The COST and realistic approach of politics.] Right now the prison system cost taxpayers a lot to keep functioning. The added cost of prostitutes would be an enormous amount on top of that. one that would never get supported by the public and one that would probably never get into congress or such anyway because no politician would advocate for prostitution, much less for felons. [The Problem Solved] While I believe that the proposition would indeed solve both problems, there are better ways to go about doing this. 1. Give prisoners a better environment(more space/single person cells) and masturbation tools to relieve sexual frustration. 2. Make a better system so that prostitutes can become more helpful members of society and join the mainstream workforce. I'm going to make the point that the solution of giving prisoners prostitutes would not solve the issues of both problems entirely and that it would be a short-term answer to the problem. [The prostitutes themselves] 1. It is pretty apparent that people would still abuse the prostitutes, especially those in jail already for a long time or life. The prison guards themselves also pose a risk to the prostitutes. A) This would leave the people who are more likely to rape others(i.e. the 10%) not able obtain prostitutes. B) Less beatings or rapes of prostitutes does not mean it is the desired outcome. The desired outcome should be ZERO. C) Disregarding the people who went to jail for prostitution charges, it would present a big issue for sexual assaulter, rapist, and murderers to get these prostitutes as it would seem both rewarding and a danger to the prostitutes safety. 2. Willing prostitutes. How many prostitutes do you think would be actually willing to work at a prison? Not many. Prison presents both a higher mortality risk and a higher chance for infection. 3. The prostitutes would most likely go to the white-collar or less-threat prisoners, who are not usually the ones who would rape another prisoner. Therefore it wouldn't really solve the problem of rape in the prison system. ======================================================== I believe that is all I need for this response. I await your next and will reply in kind.