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| Prison in a pinch: Understaffed, overworked staff on high alert |
| By mtstandard.com- Angela Brandt |
| Published: 08/25/2014 |
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DEER LODGE — Greg Frazer is a correctional officer at Montana State Prison, but sometimes it feels like he’s the one doing time. The prison is woefully understaffed and has at least 50 openings. Guards have been working mandatory overtime shifts for more than five months, the longest stretch in the staff’s memory. Some posts that require three officers at a time are now staffed by only two. The 300 guards left oversee 1,450 inmates inside the prison’s three main complexes. Said one guard: “It’s not safe.” Read More. |
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