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| Many states face dire shortage of prison guards |
| By sunherald.com- Jen Fifield |
| Published: 03/03/2016 |
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WASHINGTON -- In David Sanchez's nightmares, he's back in the ravaged New Mexico Penitentiary after one of the deadliest prison riots in U.S. history, the smell of burnt flesh permeating the air. Thirty-three inmates died in the February 1980 riot, hundreds of others were injured, and seven guards were beaten or raped. Sanchez, a guard at the time and a state prison administrator until last year, is haunted by what can happen when a prison is overcrowded and understaffed. He looks warily today at New Mexico's prisons, where Corrections Secretary Gregg Marcantel says the staffing level is at a breaking point. "It's very unsafe," Sanchez said. "The officers ... are fatigued, they are exhausted. They are on edge." New Mexico is one of several states -- including Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Missouri and West Virginia -- trying to solve a dire shortage and high turnover in state correctional officers this year by proposing pay increases or starting new training academies. The proposals are similar to what Idaho, North Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma did last year to try to attract and retain prison guards. Read More. |
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