Staffing shortages blocking female inmates from critical services [washingtontimes.com]

Alicia Doktor 9/20/1812:00 PM

A critical shortage of correctional officers plaguing the nation’s prison system is having a disparate effect on female inmates, a government watchdog said Tuesday.

The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, concluded the dearth of trained prison employees is restricting the access of female prisoners to necessary care and services.

“The lack of sufficient staff is most noticeable at larger female institutions,” Mr. Horowitz wrote in a report.

[For more on this story by Jeff Mordock, go to https://www.washingtontimes.co...ale-inmates-critica/]

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