Posted on 05/04/2009 10:20:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I'd been at Coalinga a couple of days when Mr Rigby showed me his dormitory. He'd been a high school sports coach before being convicted of molesting some of his students.
He told me he was a great appreciator of the male physical form.
Above his bed were photos of classical statues of male nudes. These gave me pause, since I knew some paedophiles like to justify their proclivities by citing the ancient Greeks' famous enthusiasm for pederasty.
There was also a reproduction of a painting of young male ballet dancers, which had a definite erotic overtone. I asked one of Mr Rigby's social workers, who was standing by, if it was okay for patients to have mildly sexual imagery on their walls, especially since it seemed to me it was in the area of the patient's offences. He said it was - "as long as they're of age".
Mr Rigby's room, which he shared with three other men, was airy and spacious. There was a large window with no bars on it. Mr Rigby had told me he was married with two sons, but that he'd also been in a physical relationship with another of the men at Coalinga, who was also a child molester.
Nice place
This too, apparently, was not in violation of hospital rules. Mr Rigby's therapists told me he'd been making good progress in his rehabilitation. In theory, if he carried on with counselling and group sessions, he might be back outside in less than a year.
One of the striking things about Coalinga, given that it houses 800 or so sex offenders, is how nice everything is. There is a large_open_indoor area - called "the mall" for its resemblance to a shopping mall - with a barbers shop_and a cafe and a small library.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
I was thinking that they should be kept on the top of a mountain, away from civilization. I suggest the Explorer Ridge.
No s***.
Whisky Tango Foxtrot ping.
It should obviously be mentioned that this is a British journalist reporting on a program in California.
These folks get the nice facility, but for the impoverished mentally ill we have to make do with cheap state hospitals. It doesn’t seem right — the other way around would be more just or at least less unjust.
Rehab with a 45 is alot more cost effective.
I bet I know what he was "hoping" for.
“Change.”
Devil’s Island would be too good for these pervs.
Why am I not surprised?!
If castration was the standard punishment for convicted sex offenders it would go a long way towards reducing recidivism.
Look at HR 1913 and S 909 that the RATS are trying to put through Congress. Calling all Freepers, call congress in opposition to this draconian legislation.
“the ancient Greeks’ famous enthusiasm for pederasty”
not the Spartans. And yet Limbaugh has a parody with “homos [..] just like the Spartans of old”, quoting verbatim what some dem homo said, as if it were true. And then Limbaugh pushes the “homophobic” premise too
Whatever the hopes nurtured for the hospital as a therapeutic institution, it has become a well-upholstered holding pen for keeping America's least wanted out of sight. The men can vote, take tennis lessons, watch their porn videos, throw parties, have sex with other men at the hospital, play bass in a jazz combo. They just can't leave.
More states have signed up to the Coalinga model - including, recently, New York. If a lifelong country club-style internment is the price of keeping paedophiles off the streets, many appear to be willing to pay it.
How d’ya do I...
See you’ve met my...
Faithful handy man...
He’s just a little broad dime because...
When you knocked...
He thought you were the candy man...
He’s just a little brought down because...
Fixed It :)
I like the way my version sounds, personally! ;-P
The place sounds more like a resort for perverts than a rehab facility. Nothing like placing four or more homo’s in a shared room.
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