Ryan’s Doctrine

There is no doubt there are increasingly frantic administrators on board with prison boss Charles Ryan’s prison policies today and that may in fact lead to a crippling impact on how effectively these policies are implemented and carried out these days. 

Publicly speaking, there is no internal turmoil amongst the leadership but in all reality, there is a serious abyss between them that causes grave concern for operational effectiveness and public safety. 

If Charles Ryan doesn’t move to bring the agency back into legal and moral compliance of their best practices and public safety standards, there are risks that others may conduct their operational concerns independently and become political outcasts to the central office administration and suffer sanctions that could in fact remove them from office as they serve at-will positions closely monitored for loyalty and compliance issues to the person in charge.

The agency’s business is out of order and has lunged into a state of inquisition and horror. Nobody will speak out because of the implicit fear or threat of being fired or dismissed as retribution or revenge for their unwillingness to conduct business the Ryan Doctrine way.

Any sign of rebellion or disobedience will result in some of these competent state officials be brought to their knees and or have heavy boots put on their necks and forced to reverse their options and comply. 

To this date, Ryan has been politically capable and effectively push the blame to something or someone else. He has a blanket of plausible deniability because he does not 

acknowledge any problems within his agency. 

He has demonstrated to be very effective in dealing with damage control issues and minimize the collateral damage but the lid is about to be blown off the containment box he has created. 

Ryan’s circle is comprised of old friends and new allies. He is firmly in control of his own personal power circle but has weakened his grip on the institutional administrative culture that runs the prisons. 

Under law, these lower administrators realize they are being placed in hazardous positions by their bosses and fear being targeted personally and professional as a result of increased legal litigations that might reveal in a courtroom of law, negligence and malfeasance sponsored by those above them. 

These subordinates fear punitive damages that could result in personal civil torts against them as they act as agents for the state but put themselves out there by not following written guidelines and practices that in fact create chaos and turmoil on the ground where all these deaths, delays and assaults are taking place.

Each one of these wardens or administrators risk becoming a pariah if they don’t behave properly according to the Ryan Doctrine. 

There is already a sense of fear that is it clear that non-compliance with his rule could get them into alienation and dismissal without notice. Every time they act on their own, they risk a political encroachment that could be fatal and result in the loss of their jobs.