re: #375 palomino

He’s a 71-year old ex-cop. I seriously doubt if he’s gonna be housed with 22-year old murderers looking for someone to toss their salads.

But your concern for his welfare is duly noted…and weird.

I don’t think the concern is weird. When the state takes the step of taking somebody’s liberty away and confining them, they SHOULD also take the responsibility of providing for that individual’s basic safety and medical needs. I don’t care what crime a person committed, the sentence didn’t include rape and physical abuse. I’m a believer in punishment when deemed necessary, but it’s the state that should administer it.

Truth is that a cop would, by definition, be a target in prison. The state has a responsibility to maintain, at a minimum, his personal safety. If that requires segregation from the general population in the prison, so be it.

RBS