The Warden William is the warden of a century-old correctional facility

The Warden

William is the warden of a century-old correctional facility

The major problem is staffing. William is concerned for the safety of his employees as well as the inmate population. He thought that, if the officers feel threatened, they may report off for medical reasons, resign or simply not report for duty; any of which would only exacerbate the problem. William does have an off-site work release program which could handle the additional inmates. However, there is no “risk assessment” or screening process in place which means the designation of inmates to community-based work release would be based on unsupported security guess work. The union representatives for the security officers have a meeting with William to hear how the warden intends to ensure the safety of his members (Nelesen, 2005).

The budget cut will affect the correctional facility since it cannot function with a deficit. The correctional officers who were paid on overtime and froze hiring of replacement officers helped the facility retain law and order. The safety of the employees is endangered. This will make them reassign or fail to report to work which will worsen the situation. William is faced with an ethical dilemma on what to tell the union officer. Firstly, the budget is already cut, and no corrections can be made in this fiscal year. Therefore, the situation has to be faced with the little money that is available. One alternative is to use the money available to cater for the employees more than the inmates. This means that the money set aside for food and medical services for the inmates reduced to pay the employees overtime and other needs. This will make them attend their duties normally. The inmates do not have an idea of the budget cutting and will think the change was planned to be like that. H……