Sex offenders may be placed in segregated prison units or may submit a request to be placed in one. If a convicted sex offender chooses to remain in the general population, he or she may be required to sign a legal liability waiver. Other inmates often nickname pedophiles as “Chesters,” “tree jumpers,” and “short-eyed” (James, 2009). These types of inmates are often the targets of other inmates and can lead to beatings, rape, extortion and death. Prison staff do their best to keep these inmates free from danger, but they cannot always be present everywhere to protect them. The prison hierarchy places child molesters and spies at the bottom. A study conducted by the University of Alaska Anchorage found that over 80% of inmates reported some sort of childhood sexual trauma (Langworthy et al., 1998). Many of these inmates have never faced the abuse they suffered, thus making convicted sex offenders a target of revenge for what happened in their childhood. Treatment for deviant sex offenders may help them mentally, but their physical safety still hangs in the balance