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So call now. hundreds of thousands of federal workers on edge as the government shutdown escalates and that includes employees at federal prisons across this country. in aliceville, alabama, the correctional facility for women is the driving force of the local economy there but this week, prison workers are facing the harsh reality of missing their first paychecks since the shutdown started and cnns

I dont know how exactly that would come about and thats, i think, what any crisis in washington means in order to come to resolution. >> i think if you talked to me before the new year, i was going to say that, until we started to see the stories roll out about how people are losing their paychecks, they live paycheck to paycheck that they have normal jobs in other parts of the country. then no one was going to feel the same amount of pain and we went through the holidays. those are the stories ...

>> shepard: two work aeshts a prison in north carolina are dead after inmates set fire to the place and tried to escape. thats the word from public safety officials there. it happened in elizabeth city about 130 miles northeast of raleigh. investigators say the inmates started the fire in the prison sewing plant. officials say 10 workers and four prisoners were hurt, three employees critical this morning. a prison spokesman says none of the inmates managed to escape. jonathan terry is in the sou...

Police storming the james t. vaughn correction center near dover early this morning following an 18-hour siege. four prison workers were captured in all including a woman identified as a counselor who was rescued unharmed. two other guards escaped wednesday night. officials announcing the death of another guard sergeant steven floyd, a 16-year veteran. investigators say theyre considering all 120 inmates in the building as suspects. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch spending a second day making...

And you have to learn to not be as, i guess, like me. a caring person. and you need to make sure that you keep yourself distant so youre not getting caught up into stuff like what i did. >> reporter: in spite of the corrections training given to prison workers, she claims any compassionate person is vulnerable. >> im not the first person to this that this has happened to. and i can tell you right now, im not going to be the last. because unless youre somebody thats going to be completely coldhea...

Not be as, i guess, like me, a caring person and you need to make sure that you keep yourself distant so youre not getting caught up in to stuff like what i did. >> in spite of the corrections training given to prison workers, she claims any compassionate person is vulnerable. >> im not the first person to -- that this has happened to. and i can tell you right now, im not gonna be the last. because unless youre somebody thats going to be completely coldhearted, when you go in there, its going to...

People there said they heard a roar moments before their tornado overturned their campers. nobody was killed, thankfully. authorities have arrested 13 more suspects in connection with drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzmans elaborate escape from prison. the arrest includes three high-level officials inside the federal prison system there. surveillance video recorded guzmans escape in july. you can see it there. seven prison workers have already been charged with helping him escape. now, history...

Descriptions that were hearing about the tensions within the prisons and particularly clinton, its very concerning. >> reporter: the prison came under fire following the escape, some saying the relationship between prisoners and prison workers was too friendly. former prison tailor shop worker joyce mitchell pled guilty to charges of aiding fugitives. now, the new york department of corrections says abuse allegations have been under investigation for several weeks, and have also been referred to...

Sweat, the times reports prison guards from clinton correctional abused dozens while looking for information about the escape. the times quoting two inmates who worked in the tailor shop, a guard tied a plastic bag tightening it until he passed out. the other inmate who supervised the tailor shop says correction officials put him in confinement and threw out most of his belongings, including his family photographs and his wedding ring. following the escape, more than 60 prisoners filed complaint...

Inmates while looking for information about the escape. the times quoting two inmates who worked in the prison tailor shop, one says a guard tied a plastic bag around his neck, tightening it until he passed out. the other inmate who supervised the tailor shop says corrections officials put him in solitary confinement for three weeks and threw out most of his belongings, including his family photographs and his wedding ring. following the escape, more than 60 prisoners filed complaints with the p...