A couple of my renters have been employees at the local prison. The ones I’m thinking of exhibited obvious signs of drug use, including leaving paraphernalia when they skipped out on the rent. And so, you have to wonder how these prisoners keep dying of drug overdoses. (I don’t know if anyone in the local prison has died but it seems a common occurrence in the system.) What I learned in working for large corporations is the people at the top set whatever the rules are and then they either pretend the rules are being Rigidly kept or they ignore any evidence that this isn’t the case. My point is that the government thinks they run the prison but in reality, every group is only as strong as the weakest link. Someone brings in drugs or phones or weapons and somehow, they do it forever and ever and the people at the top pretend there are no drugs or phones or weapons despite all the evidence to the contrary.
Anyone who thinks they can keep a prisoner safe because they’re behind bars is delusional. Anyone who has enough money can find the weak link. Any other employee can tell you exactly how to get your target killed and, for a price, will probably help make it happen. Epstein was dead the moment he got arrested and it was obvious he might cut a deal. And, no, he did not kill himself.
Just ask Whitey Bolger….oh wait.
Good post.
I worked in both the private sector and the public sector in my long career. I am now retired.
What large organizations in both sectors have in common is that there is a formal organization chart and an informal one.
The informal one is the “key people” who actually have the skills and knowledge to get things done—they are often hidden deep in the weeds.
If you know who those “key people” are, and they owe you favors, the “impossible” becomes doable.