To further ponder the above statement, brings up a question, “Why do correction officers go bad?” Some do it for the money, because one could say $40,000 a year is not a lot, so what is a few hundred dollars a week extra for bring in contraband. Other like the above paragraphs are already in gangs, or join a gang due to their beliefs (race, religion, and background). Others are threaten to either help out or perform an act. Some feel it a good form of control, get the inmates outside, so they do not acted out. Correction officers’ family are still on the outside of the prison walls. Gang members try use this leverage to control the correction staff in to complying with the inmate wishes, a reverse coercive power. Inmates can still send hits
