Death penalty

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I think it's the same here. Chas? Prison slang for child molesters is "Short Eyes". They're none too popular with the general population, that's for sure.

Never heard that term, but you're correct, child molesters aren't very popular with the general population. I don't think that there were many of them at MSP, mainly because they were considered to be non violent. I'm sure that the few we had were check ins or Ad Seg (Administrative Segregation).

Besides, it would have taken one damn tough child molester to have walked out on the yard at MSP (amongst the cold blooded killers, armed robbers, gang members, etc), and not come crawling back to the control center, bloodied from appetite to....well, and not want to be a check in. Don't know that even being a punk was much of an option for them.

I'll ask my wife about "short eyes", as she deals with them on a regular basis (nut house). According to her (and backed up by my old buddy, deceased deputy who busted several), you can't deal with them because they don't think they've done anything wrong.

At least the guy who sticks up the A&P knows why he's doing time.

It's sad really. The people who do these things really can't help themselves.

Chas