while its always unfair to generalize a group of people, prison guards, especially in the past, don't have the best reputation as far as honesty goes. this has definatly changed in recent years, but that field is still prone to tons more corruption than most other professions. the combination of low pay, and a very dangerous and stressful job can lead many to go astray. add to that the fact that some end up as disgruntled CO's because they weren't able to become police officers for whatever reason, and you can have the perfect storm for dishonesty.

my brothers friend worked as one for a short time at NJSP, a horrible place where the "iceman" did the majority of his time, and some of the stuff that he told me that went on was sickening. bottom line, while its unfair to label all prison guards as corrupt and mentally unstable, i think that you would be hard pressed to find even 1 moderately sized jail/prison in this entire country without some kind of fuckery going on related to the staff!