Jerry Sandusky 'serenaded' with Pink Floyd lyrics by prison inmates, report says

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Booking photo of Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted on June 22 of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years. He currently remains at Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte, Pa.

/ AP Photo/Centre County Correctional Facility

(CBS) BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Inmates reportedly taunted Jerry Sandusky in song last December when he stayed at the Centre County Correctional Facility. It is the same jail the former Penn State assistant football coach returned to following his Friday conviction of the child sex abuse trial against him.

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The Daily reported that Sandusky is now on suicide watch after a jury convicted him late Friday of sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years. Sandusky, 68, remained in Centre County Correctional Facility since then.

An inmate who identified himself only as "Josh" told The Daily that the last time Sandusky was in jail, he and other prisoners serenaded the former assistant coach with a famous like from Pink Floyd's "The Wall."

"At night, we were singing 'Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone,' " Josh said.

Josh added that Sandusky was held alone in a special unit reserved for sexual offenders or people with mental illnesses. The jail can hold 349 inmates and those who had access to television and newspapers knew about Sandusky.

Sandusky landed in jail last December after a grand jury voted to add additional counts to allegations that were filed against him in November.

In the end, Sandusky was convicted 45 out of the 48 charges. It could be months before he's sentenced, and his own attorneys say he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

Complete coverage of the Jerry Sandusky trial on CBSNews.com

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by morris2196 July 2, 2012 1:25 PM EDT: Who said jail inmates don't have a sense of humor?; Reply to this comment


by ksmit2 June 28, 2012 8:39 PM EDT: You know, with all the publicity over the last twenty years and more,
about child abuse in the ministries, churches, schools and so on,
what sane rational person could continue this kind of pursuit
without thinking of eventually getting caught. There were so many
opportunities to say, wait a minute, "enough is enough", and
quit. This was a tragedy for these young people, and a deadly
freeway that had too many safe exits, where a person could drive
off and seek help, redeem himself, stop the pattern, try to right
some wrongs. Avoid the final crash.; Reply to this comment


by notincourt June 26, 2012 9:22 PM EDT: Hi ya all, can I get Meddle to play here w stop-only.; Reply to this comment

by raymailhot June 26, 2012 6:02 PM EDT

This should increase his empathy for his victims!

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by rhysom June 27, 2012 7:15 AM EDT: Calltwoame Just imagine if the world is really flat!! Wow! Just sayin'


by Calltwoarms June 26, 2012 4:58 PM EDT: Just imagine if Jerry DIDN'T do any of this! Just sayin'; Reply to this comment


by fredisalive June 26, 2012 4:40 PM EDT: Theres a greasy big guy with kaka breath in that jail that thinks Sandusky looks like Cheryl Tiegs! Its gonna be a great 20 years!; Reply to this comment


by facepalmfrank June 26, 2012 1:30 PM EDT: They should have gone with "Smooth up in ya" by the Bullet Boys.; Reply to this comment


by VA_Jill June 26, 2012 1:26 PM EDT: Welcome to your particular circle of hell, Jerry!; Reply to this comment

by baileycccc June 26, 2012 11:26 AM EDT

This Monster is where he belongs. I can't wait to hear what happens to him when they put him in "general population".

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by parisdakar June 26, 2012 1:37 PM EDT: They never put pedophiles in the general population, just for that reason. He'll live in relative safety, unfortunately.


by Quiet_R_Bear June 26, 2012 4:57 PM EDT: Mistakes in prison population control happen all the time. "It was an oversite that prisoner 234525632, aka sandusky, was placed in general population, and we are deeply regretful at the outcome," said the Warden.

by lloydbest1 June 26, 2012 10:51 AM EDT

If this is the worst that Jerry S. gets then I think he got off very lightly. I don't think it will be.

A fair portion of our general prison population were sexually abused as kids themselves and may well look to him as an opportunity for a little payback. Well, we all know what karma is, don't we?

There are those who advocate killing the POS in varied, imaginitive and unpleasant ways. I don't agree and the reason(s) for that are briefly outlined below:

I think a more deserving and devastating punishment is making him live in the most reduced and difficult circumstances possible; denied asscess to any social contact other than that minimally required by law. All of his material assets should be confiscated and the proceeds donated to a victim's fund or to charities/causes he is known to be antagonistic to. He should be made aware that his wife is next on the chopping block and that, true or not, she is ready to testify against him should other charges be brought. Knowing his wife has abandonded him would be a more painful knife in the gut than a real one. It should also be made clear that all of his former friends and associates have turned their back on him as well and those who remain loyal should be denied access to him. This, by the way is allowable, legal protocol only requires S. have access to his immediate family (Dottie and stepchildren) and attorney (Amendola).
Solitary confinement under 24 hour supervision should be considered but placing him in the general population needs to only other alternative. He will be harrassed by the other inmates - I'd be shocked if they left him alone - but the prison staff needs to be on guard to prevent the abuse from doing any more than increase his stress level. But he needs to be under constant stress; he needs to have it made unequivocally clear his life is no longer his own and one moment's carelessness on the part of himself or the wardens could end it at the snap of a finger. But it must not end in that fashion - only that it could. Imagine having to live with that.
Sandusky needs to have whatever self esteem he ever had ripped to shreds and be made to understand there is no possibility of atonement. He's forever toast in the minds of decent people (and even many indecent ones as well) and NOTHING he will ever do now or in the next world will ever change that. Yet he needs also to be told under no uncertain terms that he must put in a constant and exaustive effort to attain that atonement.

I don't advocate waterboarding the man; nor do I think torturing him will accomplish anything but, if for no other reason than to serve as an example to others, he need to spend the rest of his life - whether it is a few years or a few decades - in extremely unpleasant circumstances and know that it was because of his own doing.

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by AOCGUY June 26, 2012 11:46 AM EDT: Justice is served when those that pose a danger to dociety are removed from that society. Justice is not about vengence.