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To ask: if you think it's OK that sex offenders get beaten up in prison, look at this

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Zzelda · 29/05/2021 11:08

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-beaten-lags-prison-after-22813580.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Too often we see people on here and elsewhere on social media expressing the hope that those convicted of sex-related offences will get attacked in prison. It's horrible under any circumstances: it's condoning criminal assault and even murder, and effectively it's giving carte blanche to violent men and women to commit serious assaults while we all merrily look the other way. It's bad enough when the person has been correctly convicted, but it's inevitable that innocent people will get caught up in it and get victimised. I hate those posts, they come over as so smug and thoughtless, and I wish MN would stamp down on them more.

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CbaThinkingOfAUsername · 24/07/2022 11:17

Enoughaboutrightsinprison · 24/07/2022 10:29

If you are an adult and you make a decision to inappropriately touch a child under 14 k owing the consequences. These pedophiles know what the risks are and they do it anyway. Robbing a child of their innocence. Shame on people who feel these despicable people should be protected. What about the children? I am sorry but unless you have children you can't comment on this. How can someone with no kids even comprehend what it may feel like to have this happen to their kid. If pedophiles don't want to be in prison and be abused like they abused a child, they should make better decisions. If they cannot control it then they can't be rehabilitated. You lose your rights and ability to make decisions on self will when incarcerated. There way of thinking got them in prison. In terms of wrongly accused, majority are in county jails even on appeals. The rate of innocent people convicted is less than 1 percent.

I completely agree with everything you've written apart from the bit about if you don't have kids, you can't comprehend the horror of paedophilia. I've only recently had a child however I feel the exact same horror, rage and repulsion towards paedophila now as I did before I had kids.

fUNNYfACE36 · 24/07/2022 12:09

They very often seem ' to fall downstairs ' at the police station too

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