Personnel
Private personnel corporations supply and train correctional staff, from officers to medical practitioners, and the ultimate cost of their involvement is devastating. They train officers to kill in glorified mock riots and hire doctors who have lost their medical licenses. Learn about how these corporations recruit dangerously unqualified staff, train for violence, deploy modern-day mercenaries, and develop the policies to protect agencies from any liability.
Assignment
Read Textbook Chapter 3: Personnel (pgs. 17 - 22)
Answer Discussion Guide questions in Chapter 3: Personnel (pg. 3)
Watch the Punishment + Profit webinar on Personnel
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THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW
punishment + Profit
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