A third of prisoners admit to have been worried about being forced into having sex when in prison before being put behind bars. But a study shows that the vast majority of sexual activity in jails is consensual. Professor Basil Donovan from the University of New South Wales says the phenomenon of sexual coercion is disappearing in prisons. Female prisoners are much more likely to have sex with other inmates than men.
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