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| Prison report disgusting, if not surprising |
| By ledger-enquirer.com |
| Published: 02/14/2012 |
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Columbus, GA -- Worst suspicions corroborated, if not confirmed: The Muscogee County Prison has been something of a hellhole … not just for some of its prisoners, but for some of its employees as well. The allegations in a Georgia Department of Corrections investigation probably did not come as a life-changing shock to most readers. We’re talking about a prison, which is not supposed to resemble a recreational spa. It’s a tough, gritty, unpleasant place, as well it should be. The language you’re likely to hear, whether from the inmates or from the staff, isn’t going to be G-rated dialogue. But even within the wiggle room of realism, a taxpayer-funded place of detention is supposed to be run according to the law, and according to regulations, and according to basic principles of fairness and humanity. The just-released interviews from a DOC report summarized in a Sunday story by staff writer Mike Owen provide at least anecdotal evidence that those principles were routinely flouted. Workplace affairs happen just about everywhere. But they are always inappropriate when they involve supervisors and subordinates, and outrageously so if public money is involved -- as in allegations of overtime pay and other kinds of preferential treatment. Read More. |
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