It seemed strange to me that women, most of them senior citizens, were the worst. There was loud and sustained cheering when Gacy's death was announced. Then, looking for other sport, the crowd backed us up against a snow fence. The state police had to escort us off the grounds. By now my ministry was exclusively in maximum security, where at least half the inmates were charged with murder.
Media sometimes depict minimum security federal penitentiaries as easy living.
Gacy was shown in his cell with a TV and typewriter. People were furious that he had such amenities. Reality is usually very different. But that doesn't apply on Death Row, where people are kept in cells by themselves 23 hours a day. A newly arrived inmate is put in a 6' X 8' cell with one or two strangers.