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| Prison crisis: State losing corrections officers due to low pay |
| By enidnews.com - Robert Barron |
| Published: 03/28/2013 |
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ENID, Okla. — Safety in Oklahoma prisons has become a concern because of the lack of corrections officers available to oversee inmates. The crisis is caused by several factors, including low pay, no raises and a failure to compete with the oilfield for employees, officials said. At James Crabtree Correction Center in Helena, the inmate population has held at about 1,000 since 1982, said Warden Janet Dowling. Crabtree is the only medium-security prison facility in the state that operates as a dormitory-style institution. “We have 800 medium security and 200 minimum security offenders. Our most recent staffing numbers were 56 security officer and 61 support staff,” Dowling said. Support staff are medical, clerical and food service personnel. “The actual officers we have to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week average about 12 per shift,” she said. Read More. |
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