Vice: Why Some Sex Offenders Never Get Out of Prison
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I don’t know, I was molested, raped multiple times & not a sex offender. But I recently saw a docudrama on tv that showed this man, who I’m not sure they got into his past, but right after he got into prison the first time, he asked for help. He said there was something wrong with him from the time he was a child and he wanted help. He pleaded for it. He asked to get into this rehabilitation program and for some reason his name was never added and he didn’t get in.
He instead served his time and then came out and did terrible things.
It just bothered me. As sad as I felt for the victims, I also had compassion for him.
Our entire ciminal justice system needs to be overhauled.
Especially with first time offenders, there needs to be an emphasis on rehabilitation over punishment.
As far having to register as a sex offender, it depends on the seriousness of the crime, I think. If it’s statutory rape, if you are only 2 years apart in age & it wasn’t forciple rape between partners, no.
If it is molestation, sexual assault or rape, yes.
But just with a parole officer, not a public registry. I do think victims have a right to know where the offender is, but that’s it. I think letting the public know and stigmatizing sex offenders is not the way to go. That is just going to cause fear and hate, duscrimation and violence. And under such social stress, the offender is more liker to reoffed. I think they should continue their recovery process and be on probation. And yes, if they have sexual abuse charges regarding pedophilia, there should be rules in place, but what they are, I can’t say. Having been on probation, just for shoplifting at a young age, I can tell you they keep a very good eye on you and yes special measures should be taken to protect the public & of course, never should an offender be allowed to live near his previous victim. But the other protections, so to speak, I can’t say.
We keep violent people we control in cages 23/7, but they end up mutilating themselves and it often ends in suicide.
Having been in jail as a psychiatric pod, we were kept 24/7 in cells of 2 on the floor, on mats, so we couldn’t strangle ourselves. It took me 2 weeks before I saw the Dr and a week more to get psychiatric medication I was on. And of course, any benzodiazapine you may have been on is just cut cold turkey, regardless of the dangers. If you do have a panic attack, such as I did, you get the restraint chair for 3 hours.
And this is just in pre-trial detention. I haven’t been proven guilty of anything. Mental health care and rehabiliation should be number one in any jail or prison & it’s just not.
As I said, the system needs to be completely overhauled.
I believe in early intervention when a child is showing signs of any abnormal behaviors emotionally. As I said, I do believe in rehabiliation, but I also believe in biology and I can’t say I have all the answers, especially if a biological psychopathy showing violence is diagnosed early in a child, and I believe in some children, this is just so.
Just some of my thoughts….
Of course I applaud any outside organization who would devote a 45 min documentary to our cause. But time and time again it’s this theme of trying to evoke sympathy and compassion from the average viewer and that just doesn’t work. I dont care if you don’t like me or forgive me and luckily that doesn’t have to happen in order for me to be afforded my constitutional rights. THAT’s what the overall theme and message should be: the UNCONSTITUTIONALITY of these laws; the illegal ways in which sex offenders are treated compared to every other person in the judicial system. In America neither the mob nor the victim get to decide punishments. If that were the case, there would still be slavery in the South.
I’ve always believed that if the public thinks we’re so horrible and dangerous then put us in prison for life because on that logic this stupid registry and its regulations aren’t going keep anyone safe from such a “dangerous” person. Pushing that narrative would force the system to stop lumping us all togehter. But above all, I do not care if the public likes me or feels sorry for me or has compassion for me. My story is none of their business. The Constitution does not require compassion or understanding on the part of the public in order to function.
It doesn’t elicit sympathy when these well-meaning reporters continue to use demeaning language like “sex offender” and emphasize the past record, and of course the results are negative. I’ve been denied media interviews and published OpEds because I refuse to allow them to drudge up my past. It has been over 20 years ago! Even this story wanted to talk about the interviewee’s case.