If the guilty verdict in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial seemed like the right ending to the whole disturbing scandal at Penn State, just wait. The reports out of Centre County Correctional Facility paint a picture of just what the former football coach is in for during his expected tenure in prison. And folks, it doesn't sound pretty.
The last time he was brought into jail -- directly after his arrest -- the Daily says the prisoners greeted him with a rendition of Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, specifically the line "Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!" It turns out the inmates on the inside know all about what's been going on outside with Sandusky. And you know what this means.
If the serenade story is true, it sound like the minute the 68-year-old now convicted child molester hits the general population, he will be face-to-face with hardened criminals who loathe and despise him. Is it wrong to say I'm rather glad?
If it is, I don't want to be right, folks.
You always hear the rumors that pedophiles are considered the "lowest of the low" in prison. But this bit of confirmation is ... well, I hate to say heartening, but come on! It's depressing enough to think that people commit the kind of heinous crimes that land them in prison. If they were actually slapping a pedophile on the back and saying "Yeah man!" what would that say about some of the folks walking around the world right now?
I'm not suggesting the prison guards send Sandusky out specifically to be manhandled by the other inmates. That would be stooping to a lower level of sorts. And for now, they're keeping him on suicide watch.
But if we truly want justice for the boys who the coach abused, that should mean a miserable time in prison. These kids lived with the worry that this man, this coach, would prey on them at any time. They had to keep an eye over their shoulders at all times, and there's no doubt that they still do to some extent. Sexually abused kids don't just "get over it" when the physical abuse stops. The emotional turmoil goes on and on.
So why shouldn't Sandusky worry about what the other prisoners will do to him? He's now a convicted child molester. And he sure as heck deserves to be treated like one.
Here's a little more on what Sandusky's lawyers have up their sleeves next:
Should Jerry Sandusky be sent out into the general population with the other inmates now that he's been convicted?
Image via Centre County Correctional Facility
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Exactly! Wait for it . . .
This guy is so sickening. He even looks like he stinks.
I don't think they should protect him... nobody protected those poor kids!
Can't do the time, don't do the crime. I hope this bastard rots. this is the face of evil. Not only did he molest children, he put himself in a position to gain total access. It dosen't get mush worse then that. I hope the peole who helped him commit these crimes will rot in hell.
let him have it and be belittled like he did this kids ... I say a eye for an eye punishment
My father-in-law did years after confessing to child porn and rape, and was not touched once by other prisoners.
The legal system is a let down.
I worked as a housing unit officer. in a mens'max prison....because of his notoriety, Jerry Sandusky will do the rest of his days in protection, guaranteed. After the story dies down, he will be just another 'fella'. In our state (Michigan) he won't be looking at a senior citizen prison for a long time, considering the amount of time he will most likely be sentenced to. We've had very elderly prisoners die in a regular housing unit.
I don't know why they're stopping with Sandusky — what about the higher-ups that knew and covered it up? Isn't there a "________-gate" precedence for that??
I say let him and all the other child molesters lose with the other prisoners. And about 75% of my family(the men) are child molesters, Easiest way to rid them from the world and make them pay for what they did.
While this is a horrible situaion,I don't think 2 wrongs make a right, like my grandma always said. It is horrible what he did to those children, but I think if he was put into general population, I'm sure something would happen to him. Everyone, even bad people deserve the same protection as the rest of the inmates. I guess if any inmates were good though, they wouldn't be there.