This document provides an overview of discretion and dilemmas faced by various correctional professionals, including correctional officers, treatment staff, probation/parole officers, and others. It discusses issues such as the use of force, relationships with inmates, medical experiments on prisoners, and types of ethical dilemmas that may arise. Specific examples are also provided, such as a case involving sexual abuse of inmates by a correctional officer and assaults on an HIV-positive inmate who was denied medical treatment.