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| Guard’s assault highlights staffing woes |
| By mohavedailynews.com |
| Published: 05/12/2015 |
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona correctional officers union said Monday that it is worried the sexual assault of a guard shows that prison understaffing has created a safety threat. A spokesman for the Arizona Correctional Peace Officers Association said Corrections Department Director Charles Ryan has made the problem worse by firing officers when lesser punishments are possible. “We’re concerned about staffing, which always comes into play: short staffing,” spokesman Robert Blackmer said. “We certainly call on the management to make some serious efforts to protect all the employees because staff assaults are at a record high.” But Andrew Wilder, spokesman for the Corrections Department, said the state prison complex in Yuma has its full complement of 744 corrections officers and the unit where the April 13 assault happened had all but two of its 40 assigned officers on duty that day. Read More. |
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