I can't say I condone prison rape. Crime in prison should still be regarded as crime, and ignoring it pretty much says we don't care about reforming such rapists -- in fact, we reward the worst of the worst by letting them practice their "craft" without further repercussions. And besides prison rape functioning as a de facto cruel and unusual punishment (one that many Americans want but will not own up to by making it "official"😉, you can even get into the territory where the result is even worse than the original crime. Hate-crime murder is quite bad, but violent rape leading to an HIV infection that gradually kills a person (sort of a protracted murder with long-term agony) feels like a step beyond that. It's not to say that there shouldn't be long-term consequences, but those consequences can't distract from the original wrong that was committed.
