Ian Watkins murdered in jail

[Daphnedot]

I can't say im sad about it

I think it’s more disgusting that a man was charged with conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a one year old girl, raped a baby boy, made indecent images of children and god knows what else that hasn’t been brought to light. But hey, to each their own.

You are not privileged just because you don’t know someone in prison.

I hope the screws turned a blind eye.

I read he’d been grooming fans even from prison. I don’t think he would ever have been rehabilitated (is that even possible for someone so evil?) and children would have always been at risk with him still in the world.

@JudgeBread perhaps move to a country where the death penalty is in play? No one is questioning the devastation caused by his horrendous crimes. He was being punished for them in the way our judicial system allows.murders in our prisons are a state failing and put staff doing the hardest of jobs at horrendous risk.

Yes, the paedophiles and rapists and grasses ARE kept away from the rest of the prisoners. It's a well documented fact that they are loathed. Occasionally someone will get near them though. Not sorry Ian Watkins has been killed.

Good news at last.

Agree. And not to mention god knows what he did to animals considering the animal related videos that were found on his laptop.

29 years with parole possible after 20 is not justice for what he did. If the death penalty were an option in this country it's what he should've got. He should've been taken out the back and shot in the head.

This is a close second best as far as I'm concerned.

@Noodledog not just the trauma of seeing a dead body. The trauma of having to intervene and their own lives being at risk, and subsequently the trauma of potential accountability of something going wrong on their watch. Believe it or not, Prison staff aren't appointed to be moral gatekeepers. A massive part of their job is maintaining prisoner safety. It's what they sign up to.

Given the amount of violent people in prison, I think prison staff are doing an incredible job in keeping many truly vile people as safe as they can.

Again, how would you have kept Watkins completely safe? (Realistic ideas preferred).

I'm glad he's dead

I really hate that British prisons have such a problem with violence. If someone can be murdered inside a maximum security prison then where is anyone safe?

However as people have said I’m not upset about that on Watkin’s account but on the principle of the matter. Couldn’t care less what happened to that man.

My first thought also.

@Noodledog don't understand your point. I'm not criticising those staff or making any suggestions about what they should or shouldn't have done. Quite the contrary. I've worked n prison/ myself. Make no mistake, they wil now be questioned about that though.

I'm saying staff are massively put at risk in all sorts of ways when murders happen. That's my whole point

https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_reports/hmp-wakefield-2/

Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Wakefield by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (30 June – 10 July 2025).

Levels of violence had increased, and many prisoners did not feel safe. There were too few places in work and education activities, and the regime was not managed effectively; around half the population was locked up during the working day. The prison’s infrastructure had declined and required investment; security, living conditions and the functioning of workshops were all affected.

What did you work as? I'm guessing not as an officer on the sex offenders wing. Play therapist?

That's awful, very sad to read. In positive news, a child rapist will not be released to rape more children.

@Noodledog a nurse.

That's good, you'll be able to offer support to anyone traumatised by this news.

Sorry this has been so upsetting for you, btw

@Noodledog how pathetic. The people traumatised by this murder , and there will be many, will absolutely need support. Glad you think it's something to trivialise.

You can despise someone's behaviour without thinking that murders should be celebrated in British prisons

You keep asking how the prison could he improved / changed Noodle, I thought I'd give you some pointers. Since you keep asking.

Again, many of us work in jobs where we see innocent people suffer trauma every fucking day. So feel sad about this if you must, most normal people won't. And I'm going to bed now as I need to get up in the morning to support people who suffer trauma who haven't attempted to rape babies.

I don’t want my taxes to pay for a baby rapist to have 3 hot meals a day. So I’m not bothered if they take each other out.

Suffering? Probably better living conditions than half the pensioners in the uk! He wouldn’t have had to worry about his heating or food bills.

It’s great news as far as I’m concerned.

It costs £1000+ per week to keep scum like him in prison. I’d rather not be wasting my taxes to keep him there.