Did the California Department of Corrections deliberately place a serial killer in with an inmate who had committed a sex offense?
In a central Californian prison, a convicted serial killer was placed in a cell with an inmate who had sexually assaulted a child.
The serial killer pled guilty to killing five men and injuring seven others. Before that, he killed his aunt and uncle and then began attacking people in two cities by bludgeoning his victims with bolt cutters and a baseball bat as they were sleeping on the streets or the beach.
Why would any correctional staff member place this man in a cell with anyone? Was this done deliberately?
I can answer this question in one word. Yes.
Whether the move was done deliberately with malice or as a joke, or incompetence, the DOC will deny the act. They placed the two together deliberately.
Of course they did!
Lest we forget:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072917/http://www.tbo.com:80/pinellas-county/pinellas-murderer-commits-suicide-after-fatally-stabbing-cellmate-71936