WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?

Father John Geoghan was killed today in prison by another prisoner. Like many child molesters before him, Geoghan met with "cell justice". I can't count how many people said to me, "Well, in prison, he's a dead man. Child rapists don't last a second." Why is that? A criminal, by definition, is person with no or at least very few morals. If they had morals, they wouldn't have committed a crime!! Yet, child molesters don't last a minute in prison; like they somehow "dirty" the place. What's up with that?