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Nicholas Pinto, Beaten Into Coma, Shows What Life Is Like for a Child Pornographer Behind Bars

By Pete Kotz in Corruption, Sex crimes
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 7:03 am
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In 2008, Nicolas Pinto was arrested on federal charges of taking explicit photos and videos of children. He subsequently pleaded guilty, and was supposed to be sentenced in October. But due to the glacial wheels of justice, he's spent the last two years in jail...

And while everyone knows that child porn offenders aren't treated well by fellow inmates, his case shows exactly how brutal life behind bars can be.

He was incarcerated at the Lackawanna County Prison in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From the beginning, he began keeping a diary on his treatment. Fellow inmates and a prison priest back up his tales of vicious abuse.

In his diary, Pinto wrote that guards would make him stand naked in his cell for days on end and chant "kill yourself" over the prison PA system. A fellow inmate says guards would stomp on Pinto's bare toes, parade him naked around common areas, smack him in the head and throw his food in the garbage. The inmate also said that Pinto would be released from his cell with other inmates, then guards would announce over the PA system, "Go get 'em, boys."

Pinto's diary says he was routinely raped by another inmate he called "the silverback."

"First night is bleeding but no penetration," he wrote. "The next night is full-on jailhouse Bubba."

He reported the rapes to guards, but no one would investigate, says Father William Pickard, the prison chaplain. That led to further rapes, after which the guards refused Pinto medical treatment.

But after Father Pickard complained, he too was banned from the prison after allegedly pushing a guard who refused to let him see Pinto. The priest says the pushing incident never happened.

Without an investigation or any help from guards, Pinto was a marked man. On August 8, he was ambushed by a violent inmate who was supposed to be on lockdown. The man jumped Pinto from behind and stomped on his head with all his strength an estimated 15 times. Then the man returned to his cell to clean the blood off his shoes.

Pinto's face was shattered and he suffered severe brain injuries that left him in a coma.

It's unclear how much of the abuse was officially sanctioned by prison guards. But since we often like to talk about abusing sex offenders in the comments section, it's interesting to see how people view it now after being provided with the grisly details.

So we ask you, dear reader: Did Nicholas Pinto get the treatment he deserved? Or should we still be looking out for the safety of sex offenders, regardless of their crimes?

See our last inmate revenge story:
John Messieri, Accused Child Molester, Gets Decked By Fellow Inmate in Court.

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