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Why would they? Put yourself in a prison bureaucrat's shoes. There is no upside to changing the rules, easier legal work or whatever for the inmates doesn't af
by decimalenough 1y ago
Why would they?
Put yourself in a prison bureaucrat's shoes. There is no upside to changing the rules, easier legal work or whatever for the inmates doesn't affect them (hell, it might even cause more work). But if they do change the rules and something bad happens (like, shock horror, somebody smuggling in a picture of a naked lady), it's their ass on the line for approving it.
- moron4hire 1y agoThe downside for them is more like: prisoners get released earlier, so they don't make their quarterly earnings targets, so that's why their asses are on the line.
- zx8080 1y agoSeems pretty serious and probably very real KPI. We live in a capitalist society, after all. Why does the parent get downvoted?
- potato3732842 1y agoBecause the majority of prisons are not private and all the perverse "muh headcount, muh resources, muh silo" incentives that you see in government are more applicable.
- moron4hire 1y agoBut the private prisons have lobbyists trying to shape legislation. I doubt the state-ran prisons have similar sway.
- BrenBarn 1y agoOne answer to that is that prison bureaucrats shouldn't be in charge of deciding stuff like this.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 1y agoExcept that whoever you replace the bureacrat with to be in charge, then becomes a defacto bureaucrat themselves with all the same incentives and disincentives. So the situation remains unchanged.
- red-iron-pine 1y agolets get a buncha folks who have no idea about prisons, prisoners, and in most cases technology, and have them make decisions about how to handle sociopaths and technology. that would only get ugly.