Understaffing

Though he is no longer sheriff, Victor Hill continues to be named in lawsuits about conditions at the Clayton County Jail and the treatment of detainees by staff

The group will examine inmate access to food, medicine and sanitary products; whether prison staffing levels are adequate; and the overall condition of the prisons

Youth workers at the detention centers will now be re-classified as COs under the new plan

Corrections1 readers, as they did in 2021, believe that 21, not 18, is the appropriate minimum age for corrections officers

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

Attorneys and lawmakers are drafting legislation to stem the flow of people into jails around the state and expedite criminal justice procedures

A judge found "ongoing unconstitutional conditions," including short staffing levels that allowed some inmates to assault others

A deputy said many are tempted by better pay and safer working conditions at Target department stores

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

Jail officials had been distributing bottled water "out of an abundance of caution" since Sept. 29

Sign-on bonuses of $10,000 for new hires and $25,000 for deputies who join from other jails were OK'd

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