[mutchdutch]

After having just gone through an orientation for prison staff I can understand a little why this happened. You are trained to not trust the prisoners. If you let down your guard you and others might die. Not all prisoners are rational people and you would become very "hard" if you are doing your job right in prison with lifers. Many prisoners are playing games and they have a lot of time to think of games to play. Would be tough to balance this hardness with humaness.

On the other hand, some prisoners are changing. ANOTHER CASE WHERE WE ARE MISSING A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE STORY.....but it doesn't stop us from making assumptions and comments.

I attended as a part of INNERCHANGE FREEDOM INITIATIVE (a part of chuck colsen's ministry). We are encouraged to form relationship with the prisoners but needed to understand why the guards acted the way the do.

[Conservative til I die]

Most prison guards are a step above felons. Like some guy who published a survival guide to prison on the net asked, what kind of a person voluntarily signs up for a job where you're surrounded by filthy, violent, deranged criminals, and spend half your time examining their rectums for contraband?

BTW, I'm no fringe libertarian who thinks all LEOs are pigs, but a hardcore law-n-order conservative.