Another famous case of Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who watches the watchers!)
Sometimes it is a very short distance from prison guard becoming an inmate! Prison guards have to stand up to numerous temptations and intimidations to commit crimes while on duty!
Are we as a society doing enough to protect prison guards? I have my doubts! Lock up and forget seems to be the prevailing view!
"In the latest of several troubling security lapses to rock the nation’s federal prison system, jail staff often enter facilities without being searched, contributing to a pandemic of contraband smuggled to inmates. ...
In all, there are 122 federal prisons throughout the U.S. that house some 155,554 inmates. The system has around 38,000 employees and the BOP claims to protect public safety by ensuring that federal offenders serve their sentences at “appropriately secure” facilities. The reality is that security failures have long been pervasive within the system. In the latest transgressions exposed by the OIG, BOP officials seem to justify their negligence by explaining that “only during the low manning times of the night shift” are staff “permitted to circumvent the search policy upon entering the institution.” Because the prison is not a minimum-security facility, the watchdog counters, all staff members and their belongings are required to be searched by electronic means before entry. ..."
In all, there are 122 federal prisons throughout the U.S. that house some 155,554 inmates. The system has around 38,000 employees and the BOP claims to protect public safety by ensuring that federal offenders serve their sentences at “appropriately secure” facilities. The reality is that security failures have long been pervasive within the system. In the latest transgressions exposed by the OIG, BOP officials seem to justify their negligence by explaining that “only during the low manning times of the night shift” are staff “permitted to circumvent the search policy upon entering the institution.” Because the prison is not a minimum-security facility, the watchdog counters, all staff members and their belongings are required to be searched by electronic means before entry. ..."
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