JohnWardForever
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It is because so many inmates in our state and federal prisons were molested as children, which continues the cycle of broken lives and childhoods filled with trauma that so many generations of their own family members have suffered through.Interesting you bring that up. It is especially strange that prisoners enforce and emphasize justice for child molestation on the inside more than people do in politics and other areas of society on the outside. I have talked about that for years. So much so, I got to the point where I wondered if the prisoners were actually paid to carry out justice on the inside or something along those lines. Much like they are paid to hit people. Or is that mostly movie stuff? Maybe a mix?
And since you are in the know, how much about that world and the world that sends people to prison is consistent with the type of things you see in the movies? Do you feel that some of the prison culture has now transcended beyond bars?
Gangs started in prison. Codes. Things like where men call other men “girls”. The acquisition or absorption of people, etc.
You see it all in a prison setting......................different standards for all people. Inmates are all different and one cannot stereotype them. All people are different, even convicts. Some movies are more accurate than others...............as a general rule when a staff member acts professionally and within policy, as a rule, he has very little problems. In total, give respect and you get respect...............I tried to think in terms of how I would want my son treated if he was in prison. That is how I functioned in my administrative position.
I know someone who served 7 years for trafficking cocaine. He said cop killers, housed in general population, are treated like royalty among their fellow inmates.worked in a prison for 18 years............murder is not look at as nearly as bad as crimes regarding child molestation ! Murderers usually have very little problems. Crimes regarding children are the ones who have to worry in prison !
So be it! I think you are spot on about some things there. Thank you for sharing.It is because so many inmates in our state and federal prisons were molested as children, which continues the cycle of broken lives and childhoods filled with trauma that so many generations of their own family members have suffered through.
Child molesters are targeted because it is a way for victims in prison to lash out at their own molesters. They feel like they can confront a child molester on equal terms now instead of as powerless children. Plus most inmates are parents themselves and feel like they can exact some vengeance for the children those men and women hurt.
In general, child molesters are hated. There will be occasions when gangs or hits could be involved, but inmates mostly attack molesters for extremely personal reasons.
That is a good point. Lots of people are rotten in different ways and there is quite the vast scale. That said I have learned some people reach leadership roles and have or develop issues that don’t necessarily make them a rotten person. The pressure they go through is incredible.We have rotten role models for the young people.
Honestly, I'm not surprised. I won't say why because all it would do is ignite a firestorm that might rage on here for the next five years.
That will definitely not be the case everywhere. I'm sure you can understand how and why the police are not uniformly respected by prison inmates. LOL.I worked in one of the largest prisons in the State of Tenn. Any conviction regarding cops or children were looked badly at ! Strictly my opinion of 18 years.
Honestly, I'm not surprised. I won't say why because all it would do is ignite a firestorm that might rage on here for the next five years.
I can at least say that I mourn and resent that women of all walks of life are less and less safe. Whether they're a 14yrs old walking to or from school, a significant other, or even a grandmam.