Consideration Regarding Motivation in the Penitentiary Administration System

Penitentiaries cannot choose their inmates, but they can choose their staff.It is essential that staff are carefully selected and properly supported, as prison work is demanding, involves working with men and women who are deprived of their liberty, many of whom are likely to have mental disorders and many with reduced educational and social skills.Ensuring human resources suitable for the activity in such an environment, which fulfill the mission of the institution, cannot be done in a random way.The institution's objectives can only be achieved if there is a coherent human resources strategy, based on the premise that a quality and correctly valued staff can be the solution for the performance and efficiency of the system penitentiary.The mission of human resources is the fulfillment of duties and missions, as well as the transformation of the penitentiary administration into a performing public service, through the development of activities in the field of human resources management.