captain daniel dyer overseas operations at the gaol and has been on the job seven months. >> what was your reaction when you heard guards were physically abusing the inmates and the visitors? >> disbelief. >> he blames a lot of problems on poor moral saying officers regarded working at the gaol as a temporary stop on the way to more glamorous jobs. >> how critical is it for your sheriff deputies and guards to develop relationships. >> you give them the respect. you get it back. most of my staff realise that, and the rapport with the deputies and the inmates is remarkable. >> you look around, there's bars everywhere. this is a gaol. with all the negative energy every day, one has to imagine there's a fight not to fall into the abes, so to speak. >> i can't speak to an incident. there's a lot of ongoing litigation. that's disheart nipping, if that's o -- disheartening this that >> i love this department. >> one of the most serious allegations is that deputies at the gaol had organised themselves into gangs, sporting special tattoos and requiring new members to beat ipp mates, reported -