Patrick Fousek, dad accused of trying to sell baby outside Walmart, brutally beaten in CA prison
It's well known that certain crimes will get the shit beat outta you in prison. A while ago I was listening to NPR about a protection of prisoners within the justice system. Seems this dude had been convicted of raping several little boys and well...um...other prisoners showed him in more than one way exactly how they felt about that. Dude almost died from a particularly brutal attack on him and his family had enough money to get him a lawyer regarding. According to the lawyer...the State prison he was in was responsible for his protection while there and he should be afforded certain assurances (due to the nature of his crime) to make sure he stayed safe while in jail.
Basically...lawyer dude was saying that his client shouldn't ever be in general population because he was a target and the argument ensued that making sure they are kept away from other prisoners was going to cost the State so much extra money and who was going to do that for child predators.
It got me to thinking...
What do YOU think about their protection in prison? Do you think they should have EXTRA protection since they really are targets in jail? Do you think they should have an area all to themselves and not subjected to general population as most prisoners are? Do you think it's the prison's responsibility to make sure they don't get the crap beat out of them and worse?
