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| O'Malley and Maynard are doing a good job cleaning up corruption at the city jail |
| By .baltimoresun.com - James A. Gondles, Jr. |
| Published: 06/18/2013 |
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Since 1993, I have had the opportunity to visit hundreds of prisons, jails, juvenile facilities and community corrections facilities as the executive director of the American Correctional Association. Having served more than 19 years in the Arlington County, Va., sheriff's office, I know the many challenges and difficulties that come with the operation of a detention facility and the management of inmates in a large urban center. Thousands of offenders are processed every year. For some, crime and destruction is a way of life. Many are professional criminals who thrive on the corruption of others. They are well-practiced and will target anyone, and they are very good at what they do. They pose one of the many challenges that administrators, wardens and sheriffs face in trying to manage correctional institutions. Correctional officers and others who interact with these villains every day are particularly susceptible and can easily fall victim to their manipulations. The recent exposure of corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center provides an example of this. The level of corruption there was severe and widespread. Unfortunately, it is by no means unique. Violence and corruption are daily realities in correctional facilities. Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bs-ed-city-jail-20130616,0,578288.story#ixzz2WZcN0yC4 Read More. |
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