Officials in fifteen larger penal institutions recorded no fewer than fifty-one riots and serious attacks on warders between 1919 and 1924.
The motives for the warders' opposition were complex.
Repeatedly, warders attempted to engineer a crisis by encouraging prisoners to escape or to start a riot.
Now, the court listened to witness statements by the accused, other prisoners, and the warders.
Finally, the experienced warders deeply resented the influence of the much younger social workers, fresh out of university.
In addition, the warders felt threatened by the change of the prisoners' status and resented being held accountable in prison tribunals.
Inside, highly politicized inmates were pitched against reactionary governors and warders.
Almost overnight, the inmates were now to be treated as individuals with specific educational needs, a task for which many warders had neither sympathy, nor training.
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