If you can handle yourself, it's not bad. Meaning, if you aren't afraid to swing, you will be fine & the level of prison you would go to for an offense like that (first or second) Many people in there are scared witless. They will be taken advantage of. I've seen extortion from the guards.
I know how to box a little. So, not many people scare me (just bigger, better, fighters, but hey, I'm on my 7th set of front teeth, 8 really won't matter much) I can size them up pretty quickly. & if someone starts giving you problems, you gotta know the right time to take him out (& I guess knowing how, i know how to knock someone out with one strike. Repercussions for your first time are usually not terrible (I can take a beating too lol)
But the reasons you are stating are exactly why it's awful. It's the worst place you will ever be. Don't take it lightly, especially if you don't know how to walk alone. Basically, what I'm saying is, if you are tough, it will not be as bad for you. Even if you look tough, but aren't? All you have to do is fake it one time, & 85% of your time there will be problem free.
But if you are soft, or if you look soft, it will be hell for you. Even a House of Corrections will be like this, I'm not talking about a Pennitentiary. If you are tough, it won't be as hard. But it is a life sentence. You will never be the same. You will probably see things that you will never forget. If it's a felony offense, jobs are hard to find after. A good one, is almost impossible. You worry about how your family looks at you now...the whole world really.
That is what finally got me clean. *Junk did not come from my love of useless things. I was going to jail for a long time. At least 7 years, up to 25. Half of them were bs charges, but the ones that weren't were serious. 7-25 years!?!?! The lawyer got me off, & I left that city, all my friends, & got clean.
Don't risk jail buddy. I promise you, if you ever get caught, you will wish you hadn't risked it. I don't know what they are like where you are at, but here in MA, even if you are in a place with very little violence, you will hate almost every minute you are there.
**Edit, as a side note. Unless you end up in a serious jail, rape is not a thing. At least up here it isn't. But the wolves will try to bully/extort you, even scam you with a smile on their face no matter where you are. But i have a friend who has never managed to stop the cycle. Now he is in a serious jail (he stabbed two people) He still has never seen anyone raped.