Corrections Director fails to recognize that prison guards universally tend to abuse their power over prisoners. Psychological experiments by Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University
http://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/970108prisonexp.html
prove humans abuse their power over others. This prison boss is in denial (or perhaps just ignorant of what he should be aware).
[From article]
Idaho Department of Correction Director Brent Reinke said "The Board of Correction acknowledges that when you put a group of people who have a history of criminal behavior together in one place, it is likely you will have problems. But that doesn't mean we should tolerate them," Reinke wrote.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101130/D9JQDB7G3.html
AP Enterprise: Guards shown watching inmate attack
Nov 30, 5:44 AM (ET)
By REBECCA BOONE
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