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Prison guard shortage not confined to Nashville
By tennessean.com- Tom Wilemon
Published: 07/08/2015

Corrections officers from other state prisons are reporting the same type of manpower shortages that have occurred at Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility since Tennessee implemented a new work schedule.

Officers called The Tennessean to report the same problems occurring at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning and Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg.

The Tennessee Department of Correction converted its prison security force from a traditional 40-hour workweek to a 28-day cycle to save $1.4 million in annual overtime costs.

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