Prison Staffing

Our experts address how short staffing, training cuts and a lack of stress management impact correctional officers and facility security

Westmoreland County Prison warden says burnout and low starting pay are two top hurdles to retaining and recruiting COs

Activities and operations are the pulse of the jail — they’re also the reason you need to implement a staffing plan

"We have seen an increase in people seeking employment, but we still have some vacancies,” said Virginia Marshall with Beaufort County EMS

Stacy George, who ran for governor in 2014 and 2022, compared Alabama prisons to a “third world country with a concrete floor”

Stacy Lee George, who worked at Limestone Correctional Facility for over a decade, said the public needs to know how dangerous conditions are in the prison

Mediocre wages, grueling hours and difficult working conditions have made it hard for the state to hire and retain people

The deceased inmate was found dead on the mental health floor of the facility

Retired COs temporarily rehired will be able to continue to receive their retirement benefits while earning a regular paycheck

“This isn’t really about ‘transparency’ – it’s about advancing the anti-police narrative and making it easier for cop-haters to target individual police officers," said NYPD union president Patrick Lynch

The state outlined a timetable in a memo Tues. for closing the California Correctional Center, which employed about 700 people and held about 2,300 prisoners as of June