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| FOX 11 Investigates uncovers prison staff problems, costs |
| By fox11online.com- Mark Leland |
| Published: 02/22/2016 |
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Madison — The state of Wisconsin just can't keep enough correctional officers on the payroll to fill all the positions needed in state prisons. And despite efforts by the Department of Corrections to fix the problem-- the number of vacancies keeps going up--and that has some concerned about safety. "It's a powder keg waiting to explode," said Tony Gunderson, a correctional officer of 13 years that quit last November. That powder keg Tony Gunderson is referring to is the prison system, where staffing vacancies are soaring, and correctional officer morale is plummeting. FOX 11 Investigates uncovered those problems last summer. At that time we were told prison staff vacancies had grown to 403 positions. State Representative David Steffen of Howard was assured conditions would get better. Read More. |
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