If a person does the crime on US soil then the same Constitutional rights we have as citizens apply to non-citizens whether they're illegals or vacationers from the Netherlands with a tourist visa. That being said, i agree that just being here illegally shouldn't result in being beaten to retardation. Being here illegally should result in being deported but that seems to be one of the little hic-ups in our country's imigration policy. An adult beating or abusing a child, sexually or otherwise, is what should result in a swift ass kicking, by convicts in prison or some up-standing civic minded citizen. I will say though that it sounds like the prison officials were partly to blame by turning a blind eye. On the flip side, no matter how locked down a prison is, convicts will find a way to put a hurting to someone if they really want to.