text: Mike Dingman make a very good point. But I don't think he is too specific when he talked about "leadership". You have to remembered that when Dean Williams threw the COs under the  bus, he didn't do alone. He had a lot of help from the chain of command. Why are the morale so low? A lot may have to do with inability of the shift supervisors and their immediate superiors to stand up for the rank and file. Long before Dean Williams was tossing officers under the bus has become a culture for some who wears the stripes and bars. When they change out of the uniform and into a suit, something weird happens. 
  
  Also, and I say this very gently that correctional facilities should be run by former correctional officers. Far too often, we got probation officers who never ran a housing module, never dealt directly with inmates on a prolonged period, running a correctional facility and they are expected to know how it is done. That can't be done.