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• Gov. offers Ohio National Guard to help cover staffing shortages at jails

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  Gov. Mike DeWine previously authorized the National Guard to help staff state prisons

• Ala. prisons agency says federal suit ignores progress

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  The department has blamed inadequate staffing for many of the problems and said it has made "real strides" to recruit more employees

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Conditions within Ohio's COVID-19-infected prisons described as 'war zone'

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  A corrections officer said a lack of PPE and inadequate staffing is taking a toll as the COVID-19 crisis enters May

• Ala. prison system's COVID-19 plan anticipates widespread infection, deaths

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  A 263-page document says the design of the state's prisons, overcrowding and understaffing make it "impossible" to keep COs and inmates safe from COVID-19

• Ariz. to reopen part of women's prison as CO staffing shortage continues

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  Officials raised concerns about the reopening since the state already has more than 1,300 vacant CO positions

• 2 COs suspended and warden reassigned after Epstein death

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  The move by the DOJ came amid mounting evidence that the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center may have bungled its responsibility

• Federal NY lockup draws new scrutiny in Epstein death

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  The lockup is so short-staffed that the BOP is offering correctional officers a $10,000 bonus to transfer there from other federal lockups

• Company ending NM prison pact in CO shortage

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  The private prison giant is ending its contract, saying a decade of inadequate funding has made it impossible to attract and keep staff

• Mo. courts block garnishment for COs' back pay

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  Recent court rulings say $118 million awarded to COs for unpaid work cannot be enforced

• Jail deaths highlight ongoing rural Alaska safety issues

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  Multiple deaths within a two week period are highlighting the lack of public safety personnel and facilities in Alaska villages

• Plans taking shape to add COs in understaffed Ala. prisons

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  Legislators introduced a bill to increase officer pay 5 percent and authorize bonuses to help with hiring and recruitment

• Prison murder video exposes Mo. DOC staffing crisis

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  The union for corrections officers said the latest numbers show the department about 900 officers down and dropping

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