Sexual behavior within a prison is both forced and encouraged by prison subgroups. Prison homosexuality depends largely on the innocence of younger inmates experiencing prison life for the first time. Often older inmates seeking homosexual relationships may sometimes humiliate themselves by offering various things such as food, money, drugs, protection or cigarettes. At some point in the future those “loans” where you ask for sexual favors in return as a reward will be called. There is a prison code that requires the return of favors, the prisoner who attempts to resist the will or can very quickly find himself face to face with the brutal force of prison society. Prison rape generally involves physical assault, which according to PREA (2003), the attackers themselves have suffered much damage to their masculinity in the past and most do not consider themselves homosexual. Victims who experience sexual violence sometimes become violent, attack, and may even kill the person who raped them. Researchers at HRT (Human Rights Watch) found that prisoners “who fit any part of the following description” are more likely to become rape victims: physically weak, young, small in stature, first time offenders, gay, white, unassertive, intellectual, shy, non-aggressive, not astute, having "feminine" characteristics such as long hair or a high-pitched voice, or "passive"; or have been convicted of a sexual offense against a minor. The researchers had also found that prisoners with several overlapping characteristics are more likely to be targeted for abuse than other prisoners. The report concluded that, to reduce prison rape, prison officials should take much more care in matching inmates and that, as a general rule, it is rare for victims to be able to bring an individual personal injury lawsuit against the perpetrator. crime. The problem with these lawsuits is the difficulty of finding lawyers willing to take on these cases against other defendants who are supposedly trial-proof. The victim often relies on correctional officers to monitor the incidence of assault and to intervene when an assault may be underway or about to occur. Sexual assaults of this type are rarely committed under the open eyes of officers to prevent them from intervening. This dependency gives rise to two other critical assumptions that may not necessarily be true; the guard wants to intervene to prevent the attack from happening and the guard is not himself the perpetrator of the crime. Researchers have often noted that, rather than viewing prison rape as a crime requiring intervention, prison staff members sometimes view rape as a means of deterring other forms of prison violence. The second claim is that correctional officers can offer the victim the best protection, assuming that the officer is not the perpetrator.