“The first time I was raped I was eleven.” Crystal did not know her first rapist. She was also raped several times by her uncle when she was fifteen. “And when I was between 18 and 22. I was raped about ten times.” Later, when she entered prison, sexual violence followed her. “Being stripped here, in prison — even though I know the outcome will not be sexual — still feels the same as being raped…
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