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• Staffing shortages in Wis. prison system prompt transfer of inmates

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  The population reduction will allow the number of direct staffed posts to be decreased by eight per day

• COVID-19 sickens hundreds of staff, inmates in Mich.

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  The surge led to a staffing shortage so dire that officials brought in employees from other prisons

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• Advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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  The groups say inadequate staffing has made chaos commonplace in five rural facilities

• New guidelines at Pa. prison after COVID-19 staffing shortages

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  Staffers who have potentially been exposed may be permitted to continue working if they display no symptoms

• Could furloughs be coming to your department?

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  If leaders and elected officials in your area aren’t already discussing furloughs, layoffs or hiring freezes, they are likely to begin those discussions soon

• Calif. county agrees to spend $250M to improve jail conditions

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  The county has lessened solitary confinement, reduced COs' use of force and improved its mental health facilities

• COVID-19, escapes, inmate suicide called 'run of bad luck' at Ohio jail

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  Sheriff John L. Hinton is reassuring the public that the jail is fully functioning and safe

• Pandemic adds to staffing crisis, forced overtime in Maine jails

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  Corrections officers at the state's largest jail are embroiled in negotiations for their first contract

• Ala. governor seeks 3 privately built mega prisons, names sites

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  Gov. Kay Ivey described the move as a step toward overhauling an understaffed and violence-plagued prison system beset by years of federal criticism

• Mich. union: 734 openings for corrections officers is unacceptable

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  COs work mandatory overtime, which costs taxpayers additional money and causes additional stress for employees, the union president said

• National Guard deploys to Ind. correctional facility to cover staffing shortages

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  Officials said they do not have a timeline on how long the guardsmen will stay to help operate the Miami Correctional Facility

• COs protest working conditions in Mich. prisons

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  "These prisons right now are tinder boxes because of the anxiety over COVID ... it's not safe for us," a union president said

• NY county sheriff says jail is 'dangerously understaffed'

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  "My officers are tired ... tired officers make mistakes, they take shortcuts and they're less productive. This is an accident waiting to happen," the sheriff said

• COVID-19 cases rise among Ala. prison staff members

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  The Alabama Department of Corrections will not release data revealing how many staffers are in self-quarantine

• Ala. DOC behind on meeting court order to alleviate CO staffing shortage

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  The Department of Justice said a severe staffing shortage helped create what the DOJ alleged last year were unconstitutional conditions in Alabama's men's prisons

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