SuaveSocialist said:
If this happens all the time, as you say, then these problems would come to light all the time, as you also say. However, these circumstances are objectively atypical. So I must ask again: how would you account for this difference from what is known to have occurred (security camera failures, an absence of officers who were expected to be maintaining a presence, etc) from what typically occurs? |
You don't seem to understand what an underfunded, understaffed clusterfuck our corrections system is. These problems generally only come to light in high profile cases. Otherwise, these incidents get swept under the rug. And when they do come to light, they typically uncover long standing patterns of malfeasance at every level of the system.
Other than bad PR, what incentive is there to change it? As far as most people in this country are concerned, prisoners, even ones who are being held awaiting trial for charges they have not been found guilty of, are garbage. If they die in prison, that's too fucking bad. They shouldn't have broken the law. And politicians, the ones who set the budget and make the rules for prisons, are in apparent agreement. That's the kind of thinking that ensures that prisons will always be poorly run.
My answer remains the same: poor management and overworked, apathetic guards. In the absence of hard evidence, that will remain my answer.
