There's actually a great book about this by Shane Bauer, a journalist who went undercover in Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center and wrote a book about his exp

There's actually a great book about this by Shane Bauer, a journalist who went undercover in Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center and wrote a book about his experiences. It details not only the brutality of the system but also the apathy and corruption of the minimum wage employee guards. So many of the guards themselves run smuggling ops and other deals with the prisoners as they are minimum wage barely screened laborers. It's a horrific if eye-opening book, an excellent read. I found out about it by another poster on hackernews and highly recommend! https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/38561954-american-prison https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/38561954-american-pri...