I agree that many prisons need reform. Many times they are a cess pool of abuse and inhumane treatment, drug running, and criminal enterprise training, with man

I agree that many prisons need reform. Many times they are a cess pool of abuse and inhumane treatment, drug running, and criminal enterprise training, with many prisoners and staff participating. But as I'm reading this I ask myself why don't they just fire the guards. And then I thought well there is probably a union. And yes of course I then read there is. Puzzle solved. Unions many times over time create an unworkable unreformable bureaucracy that prevents reform. Particularly in governmental and semi-governmental organizations in which unions become political machines which control who gets elected as their counterparties on the next contract negotiations, successfully gaming the negotiations and guaranteeing their survival. See public schools - watch the movie Waiting for Superman https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1566648/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1566648/