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The reality of prison rape remains difficult to research

Exactly who is getting raped in Texas prisons and why is a jailhouse whodunit that has state and federal officials looking somewhat sideways at each other.
During a two-day hearing that wrapped up in Houston on Friday, a Justice Department panel questioned wardens, guards and other prison officials over findings that Texas has among the nation's most dangerous prisons for the sexually vulnerable. More... Prisoner Pen Pals