G. Gordon Liddy after release from prison and then commuted sentence from President Jimmy Carter, said:
I can’t begin to tell you how stupid they are,’ Liddy, a former FBI agent and lawyer, said of prison guards. ‘The staff does not run the prison. The prisoners run the prison.
‘Your typical prison guard puts himself in there because he cannot compete with the rest of society. He is a failed individual.’
He said guards are the same as prisoners except they chose to be there for hours every day and to go home after their work shift. Otherwise the same.
I know two guys who are prison guards. Both are former municipal police officers. It surprised me when they made the move from cop to prison guard.
Both gave me the same reason: the ever-present opportunity that exists in prisons to work overtime. Lots of opportunity to make lots of money. That wouldn’t tempt me. But they seemed happy enough.
doubtful Liddy had in depth discussions with staff back in the late 70s but at a camp it is a lot less stringent rules wise than in Penns and FCIs