Dave took a deep breath and began to tell his story.<br/><br/>“When I was sentenced, I was young but not naïve. I knew there was a hierarchy in prison and that rapists were low down. I knew I had to be prepared and able to protect myself, so I spent my time building up muscle and befriending some of the strong guys I met around the weights. No one asked what I had done, because it was accepted that no one in there had done anything, but of course everyone knew.<br/><br/>A few guys tried to take me on, but I was tough and they soon backed off. After a while I relaxed, thinking I’d get through my time without any trouble. Until …<br/><br/>Until Charlie arrived. The correction officers seemed like decent people who just wanted to do their job and get home to their families. But Charlie was different. She was a bear of a woman, big-boned with lots of muscle, well capable of taking care of herself. Now, everything is scare in prison except time, but you can get almost anything you want. Drink, drugs, phones. You name it and you can get it, somehow, and at a price. But the thing that is most difficult to get is pussy. The only pussy available is the female correction officers and they don’t want to bother with the prisoners, except Charlie. She was available and she made it clear. I don’t know how. Maybe she gave off some chemical or other, because guys were trailing after her on her first day.<br/><br/>It soon became clear that she was only interested in the bulls, the toughest guys, and she wanted the strongest. They got the message and the rest of us sat back and watched them competing. There were plenty of fights as a pecking order was established. It took a couple of months, but eventually one guy emerged, bloodied and battered, as the victor – Todd, a big black muscle-bound lifer.<br/><br/>I don’t know where they got together, because there were cameras everywhere. Some said she arranged for some to be switched off. Others thought that the officers in the monitoring station enjoyed the show. One day she was parading round with a large damp stain in her crotch. It was like she was wearing a badge. Even without the stain, we’d have known that she had made her choice by the broad grin on Todd’s face. He’d dumped more than one load up her at the start of her shift and they were both happy for everyone to watch it drain out. We didn’t see any more stains after that, but Todd looked like he had plenty to be pleased about.<br/><br/>I said you can get almost anything you want, and that’s true, but there’s a price. And Todd found that Charlie had a price. She’d got off watching the toughest guys compete for her. Now, she set up Todd against the toughest of the rest, sometimes more than one at a time. And she was always around to watch.<br/><br/>This would have been fine if I hadn’t been one of the rest. By now, I’d built myself up pretty good and I noticed her watching me. I protected myself as best I could, making sure I was never alone if I could avoid it, although I knew that wasn’t going to deter Todd. In the end, he caught me by surprise. I was taking a shower and didn’t notice that the other guys were drifting away. I only realised when I heard his voice behind me.<br/><br/>‘Filthy rapist,’ he spat.<br/><br/>I spun round to face him. I thought we were alone until I caught the glint of a badge behind him. It was Charlie watching.”<br/><br/>Dave lowered his head as he recalled the scene. Mia moved closer and put an arm round his shoulder.