They're so worried about stopping the fires, but not worried about fixing why people cause them in the first place.
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Well, yeah. They're in prison, so of course they must suffer the entire time. God forbid someone actually try to rehabilitate them.
So they don't even care about the lives of the guards? Because fires don't care who they burn or choke to death.
No guards, no more drugs and weapons. It's like a win win
A posted a comment below about a CO I know and yes correct they dont care about the guards. I don't want to get to specific and give away where I'm talking about but simply showing that a problem also effects the guards never helps. If it only effected the guards then maybe.
Why do the guards even stay? Just desperation for a job? I'm right by a federal prison and there are employees in my neighborhood and they don't seem like the type of people who would work somewhere that risky. Maybe because it's a federal prison?
Some like the power, some have a sense of duty, but more than most COs would be hard pressed to find a job they can reasonably move to and make anywhere close to the same amount of money. Add in the pension plan and the financial incentive is massive. Overtime pay can easily put some COs well into six figure salary range, ive heard one man went all out on work and OT for a whole year grossing well over 200k because he was trying to grind out his daughters college money. You dont find that much money with these benefits elsewhere easily. Where im at is actually expirencing a drastic reduction in the applicants for CO school/training so with the pool of workers shrinking the avliable overtime and compensation in general will likely only rise.
One of the key differences with guards is they can, y'know, leave if a fire breaks out. Assuming they can breathe long enough to escape, of course...
That's the problem. The fire could be bad enough fast enough that they couldn't escape.
Im familiar with a CO in one of the more 'humane' prisons in the country. Recently transfered inmates who are trying to power pose to their new cell block often get told they can calm down there by the veteran inmates. The prison rewards good behavior enough that it's created a shift in inmate culture, AND STILL, there is tons of things that more than most people would consider much less than humane. This is another one of those deeply systematic problems that I guarantee you'll find shades of in your own community.