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Prisons across the U.S. are reporting staffing shortages as correctional officers retire and quit in droves due to fear of contacting the virus, bad working conditions and vaccine mandates,
“It’s a building that needs to be done away with, but right now we can’t because of the bats that are in there," said a TDCJ spokesman.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many corrections systems into crisis.
At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many corrections systems into crisis.