A couple prisoners were trying to improve conditions in the prison. They crusaded to improve fire safety. The guards didn't like that effort. The guards preferred that the prisoners lived in a deadly dangerous fire trap. The guards preferred that they, themselves, should work in a dangerous fire trap.
Guards are a VERY special kind of people.
There are a lot of guards. They are very lazy. Each night after the prison is locked down, we taxpayers pay guards for an hour of loafing and gossiping. They congregate in the common area. They gossip and scheme.