Volume II No. 03
 09-03-03
 Prison Murder
 { What Does The Death Of Convicted Pedophile
   John Geoghan Reveal About The Culture Of
   The American Correctional System }
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2003

 This particular prison inmate was the lowest of the low. He was a 
 predator. A predator of children. A predator of young boys, which 
 in some respects, is even more repulsive than if this inmate at least 
 had an interest in the opposite sex. Even a perverted interest in 
 the opposite sex.

 The prisoner's name was John Geoghan. A defrocked priest and 
 a convicted child molester. He was a living, breathing, nightmare 
 for the Catholic Church, and all those devoted Catholic parishoners 
 across America who have quiet misgivings about adult men unable 
 to marry. And because of tradition, destined for lives of celibacy.

 In prison, Geoghan, this predator of defenseless and naive children, 
 became the prey. In a role reversal of sorts, he was stalked. Old and 
 weak, Geoghan was disrespected and reviled -- even by the prison 
 guards whose duty it was to provide security for him. 

 Geoghan's life became one of constant insecurity and fear. Death 
 would surely come knocking.  The only question was when? And 
 how?

 Predictably, Death's agent did indeed find Geoghan. His cell was the 
 location where he succumbed. He was bound, gagged, and strangled 
 until there was no more life within him. His attacker was himself 
 a man with a twisted world view. Geoghan's killer not only hated 
 homosexuals, but likewise despises Blacks and Jews. Geoghan's
 killer is a supremacist of sorts. Uncomfortable with anyone that is 
 different from his own pale-skinned self. -- Such men full of illogical 
 rage and hatred. If not madness, are hardly rare in prison.

 Both murderer and victim have no place in our American society. 
 Each was in certain aspects lawless narcisstic men, intent on doing
 what they wanted to do. Until their actions landed them behind
 prison walls.

 But, is this the kind of correctional system that our American tax 
 dollars pay for? A system where threats and intimidation routinely 
 escalate into actual assaults, prison rape, and prison murder. A
 system where guards hear no evil and see no evil. And are frequently 
 instigators and participants in crimiminal activities themselves.

 American culture too readily regards the correctional system as 
 the quick fix to social problems. We condemn our unwanted, our 
 unwashed, our mentally ill, and our dysfunctional fellow citizens 
 to a lifetime wasted behind bars. We prefer judges and juries, to 
 counselors or educators. America incarcerates more individuals 
 per capita, than almost any society on Earth. Right now more 
 than 2 million people are in incarcerated in the United States. 
 -- And the prison system is hardly up to the task.

 Most American prisons lack true discipline, security, and purpose. 
 Guards are underpaid, underqualified, and unmotivated. It is 
 a truth that inmates { in one of the most fair judicial processes 
 available to the citizens of any nation } are sentenced to their 
 time. -- To do the years for the crime that landed them in the 
 system.

 But inmates are not sentenced to be brutalized, raped, sodomized,
 and terrorized, while they are incarcerated. Inmates are not sentenced
 to be mistreated and beaten without provacation by guards. Only 
 to lease their anger and hatred { should they successfully complete 
 their sentences } back onto the same society that had them incarcerated 
 in the first place.

 As with the continuing overuse of the death penalty against the poor, 
 the uneducated, and/or minority persons. Or the lack of health care for 
 all Americans. The correctional system in every state is a reflection on 
 our entire society and how we view ourselves. The belief that prisoners 
 deserve the harsh treatment that they receive whilst incarcerated is 
 an inadequate and cursory answer.

 An answer out of the Dark Ages. Not 21st century America.

 No one has to care - or should be blamed for not caring - about the 
 fate of the defrocked pedophile John Geoghan. He was a despicable 
 human being. And as they say, "the devil always gets his due." 

 But the madness that is permitted to go on unabated within American 
 prisons, reflects badly upon us all.
 

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