I get a couple of Canadian channels, and they went bananas when Karla Homolka (she set her own teen sister up to be raped & murdered by her husband) was released from prison after a relatively short incarceration, thanks to her plea deal to testify against her husband (boyfriend?).
In that case, it’s because the stupid cops were too quick to cut a deal before seeing the tapes that proved just how complicit she was.
As for prison survival, for all the talk about how child molesters and rapists are despised and killed in prison, ask yourself when was the last time you heard of that happening?
Now think on all the released rapists, child kidnappers and molesters who are back on the street and commit headline-making crimes. Why weren’t they ‘dealt with’ in prison?
I think it’s a big myth. You’d be worse off being a cop on the inside. UNless, maybe, MAYBE, the lawyers have forced prisons to seal these guys away from general population.