Oh no, I absolutely was not trying to say they would suffer worse than their victims, I hope it didn't come across that way...No physical attack or mental torture is comparable to what a child that's been abused or molested goes through.
I was simply trying to reiterate that the threat of violence against these offenders is significantly higher, if not constant. They are targets alright, and as per your example from your first post, if I see a regular inmate buddying up to a (from the inmates' viewpoint) suspected child molester or a baby beater, I'm immediately suspicious and that info will be passed up the chain. Because something is very wrong there, which is one reason that personnel don't disclose a person's crime. However, with name tags showing full names, a telephone and the Internet, it's simple for most inmates to easily find out what someone else's conviction was for.
That's all I meant.