Tag:<b>Erica Marlowe</b>.<br/><br/>Margaret let Erica talk and just listen. It was clear that the new inmate had good reason to be scared but then as Margaret made it clear to the three other inmates of room C49 that she wanted to be alone with Erica by closing the door for them, she reminded Erica that first of all the people who had done that to her at county were not here. Not that that in itself meant that Erica was in any way safe. There were mother's here too who would gladly hurt Erica as best they could. It was after all the usual pecking order in prison. Sex-offenders were at the bottom and murderers at the top.<br/>"But the more you hide, the more you let them see you as prey, the worse it will get. Many of these women are too smart to do something that might attract the attention of the guards, or the medical staff. You heard them all whispering after you shared in group didn't you? Well, that was not all about you but also about the fact that the administration decided to put you in the same room with me. I've been here longer than any of the women in this section, and I am at the top of the pecking order. Why do you think they did that Erica?"