"Here is the mess," the warder said when he shoved Michael Adams* into an overcrowded cell in Allandale Prison, near South Africa's Cape Town, 10 years ago. That first night, Adams was raped by two men, and he was repeatedly assaulted during much of his time behind bars.
"Two gangsters came over to me and made me stand naked in front of the gang," he said recently, now out of prison and working at a hospital. "They did things to me."
After his ordeal, a nurse told him, simply, "This is what happens in prison." When he ....Read MORE »
"Two gangsters came over to me and made me stand naked in front of the gang," he said recently, now out of prison and working at a hospital. "They did things to me."
After his ordeal, a nurse told him, simply, "This is what happens in prison." When he ....Read MORE »