Code Of Ethics In Corrections

Corrections officers are typically given a set of rules and guidelines that they must follow in addition to some form of interpersonal, combat, and professional training. Guards are given this strict code-of-conduct at the beginning of their careers are expected to adhere to these policies throughout the entirety of their corrections careers. But, as with many other professions, there are always a few individuals who do not abide by the rules set in place and who become corrupt at some point during their profession.
Heyward’s novel exposes readers to a multitude of corrupt attitudes and actions taken by the corrections officers in various correctional facilities. One female officer offered Heyward advice on how to “beat the system” in regards

Now, if that don’t make me God up in here, then I am one of his cousins” (Heyward, 2011, p. 77). This officer in particular displays a blatant disregard for the code of ethics that the corrections institution attempts to instill within its employees. Her behavior also suggests that she and her comrades are more than eager to violate any inmate's constitutional rights, inflict bodily harm or psychological retaliation upon an inmate, and submit fraudulent paperwork that trivializes their misconduct. This corrupted mentality has been identified in various officers in a multitude of prison facilities throughout the United States. It also adds weight to Nussle’s claims of mistreatment, a denial of his federal rights, and the fear tactics used against Nussle to prevent him from filing a formal grievance within the 30-day time frame according to prison rules.
Following the Porter v. Nussle Supreme Court case that was decided in 2002, there have since been multiple attacks on guards at the Cheshire Correctional Institution. The Cheshire Correctional Institution was placed on lockdown after an inmate stabbed a corrections officer in the neck, according to the police (NBC Connecticut, 2014). Union president Moises Padilla claimed that one of the responding officers "was savagely attacked and stabbed in the neck by an inmate" (NBC Connecticut, 2014). Padilla also stated that the inmate stabbed a second officer who intervened on his comrade’s