# Are sex offenders the worst treated prisoners in prisons around the world?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 24, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sex-offenders-the-worst-treated-prisoners-in-prisons-around-the-world/755529 "2016-05-24T06:35:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sex-offenders-the-worst-treated-prisoners-in-prisons-around-the-world/755529/21 "2016-05-26T11:48:37Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Anyone who committed treason or some other crime against the United States (like terrorism) has problems.

> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> Back when there was a draft, I remember hearing draft dodgers were prime targets in prison. Hey, they may be felons, but a lot of convicts are patriotic too.

> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#):
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> I find this surprising (not that I don’t believe you). I’d have assumed that convicts were against the system that sent them to prison in the first place.

Back in the 1960s and early 1970s, a lot of convicts were WWII and Korean War vets, and they really did not like draft dodgers.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sex-offenders-the-worst-treated-prisoners-in-prisons-around-the-world/755529/22 "2016-05-26T12:07:51Z")

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> [@Lamia](#):
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> No cite, but IIRC a Doper who works in corrections once said this was a myth and that generally prisoners don’t particularly care what others are in for.

That’s what I’ve heard, more or less. No cite here, either, however. Bar chatter.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sex-offenders-the-worst-treated-prisoners-in-prisons-around-the-world/755529/23 "2016-05-26T12:18:15Z")

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Snitches get stitches.

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