Culture Change Sought for Prison Wardens
March 4th, 2015 by Mike Vasilinda
Sweeping legislation to protect prison guards who report abuses and to protect inmates from officers and their supervisors cleared it’s second committee in the State Capitol today. The legislation seeks to change a culture of “us against them” prevalent among middle managers who order retribution against inmates. Sponsor Greg Evers of Baker says change is needed.
“They order certain types of punishment to these inmates, and they are expecting the correction officers to do the right thing, yet they are forcing them to cross that line.”
The legislation makes it a crime for officers and their superiors not to properly take care of inmates. It was inspired after an inmate was left in a scalding shower for more than an hour. He later died.
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