Shannon Heffernan and Weihua Li
Prison populations are rising again as COVID-19 fears subside but staffing shortages in correctional systems are bad and getting worse in many places. National Guard troops have been called into understaffed prisons in New Hampshire, Florida and West Virginia. In other states, prison deaths have gone unnoticed for days, and prisoner violence has been blamed on chronic low staffing. The cycle often burns out new corrections hires, many of whom are promptly overworked by prison officials struggling to make up for staff vacancy rates approaching 50%. In collaboration with USA Today, TMP’s Shannon Heffernan and Weihua Li tell us how dire the staffing shortage really is. THE MARSHALL PROJECT
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