Chris_Texas
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BRAVO! Finally, someone says it, what I was going to post once I got caught up reading. Yes, most guys in prison (who do not have an inclination toward pedophilia themselves) are disgusted by it. The old saying about child molesters ending up being someones "*****" wasnt drummed up by accident, its true. The mere fact that this SOB, LIVED and took care of the child molesting grandfather, is proof, to me, and to most reasonable people, I believe, that what grandpa had done wasnt such a bad thing in his eyes. Honestly, how many other men who were not interested in children do you think would do the same? I dont know or know of a single one. The fact he kept grandpa company and shared a home with him was a huge clue that he condoned his past behavior; otherwise he couldnt live with someone like that. Remember, this guy was a convicted of a violent crime, so the idea of him taking care of a dying child molester was from the goodness of his heart is in my opinion fantansy. My guess is they will find evidence of sexual molestation of this little girl; just because he doesnt have a record of child molestation does not mean that he isnt capable or that he hasnt done it in the past; he just hadnt been caught.
RIP Angel, you are safe now.
Respectfully, I just want to comment on one thing that (in my opinion and experience) is a very commonly held misconception about child predators and prison.
There is a common held belief among the general public that sexual predators, and particularly those who target children, are loathed by everyone including inmates -- as if to say that even inmates find this behavior so horrific that they are compelled to action. Many even take satisfaction in this idea, that there will be some rough prison justice in the predator's future.
There is some small amount of truth and wishful thinking here covering a whole bunch of sillyness.
Almost everyone in a prison general population is a predator. They prey on anyone who they see as a potential victim, and most of them are not terribly discriminatory. At best they are sociopaths who really do not care about any of society's generally held ethics and morals. The gang kid might be in prison this time for stealing a car or selling some dope, but that's not the whole story. He has been involved in everything from random drive-by shootings, to drug and sex trafficking, robbery, extortion, violent assault and likely sexual assault, you name it. This fairly typical inmate doesn't give a flying F*U&K about some strangers kid. Most don't really give a damn about their own. The typical inmate would pimp his own kid out in a second if it enabled him to get something.
The real reason that child predators have such a hard time in prison general population is not that they victimized kids, but rather because the typical child predator is SOFT. An easy target. They tend to be older, they are usually not in the exception physical condition of the typical inmate, they are not used to fighting and violence, they are usually relatively new to the system, they have no friends already inside, and no gang affiliations. They are, in a word, victims for the other inmates to prey upon. And the inmates know that this is one category of victim that it is relatively safe to prey upon.
Which is why most child predators go straight into protective custody unit. They recieve the same priveleges and rights as any other inmate, they are surrounded by other similar inmates, many of whom are there for similar offenses. This is not to say that they are safe -- no one in prison is safe -- but they are as safe as one can be outside of death row or some kind of segregation.
But again, the idea that inmates have some ethical boundaries and that even these guys are horrified by crimes against children is, in a word, ridiculous.
Just my two-cents.