File this under the "no kidding, Hawkeye?" The Toledo Correctional Institute has received failing marks across the board by a state panel for its violent, even murderous cells. Double celling: highest staff turn-over in the state, 129% increase in use of force. When will legislatures stop cutting prison budgets? Lack of money, lack of training, lack of leadership create dangerous conditions not just for inmates (though let's count them first!) but also staff. Perhaps we need a new law: legislators who cut prison budgets have to visit each prison, twice a year, to see the results of their decision.
File this under the “no kidding, Hawkeye?” The Toledo Correctional Institute has received failing marks across the board by a state panel for its violent, even murderous cells. Double celling: highest staff turn-over in the state, 129% increase in use of force. When will legislatures stop cutting prison budgets? Lack of money, lack of training, lack of leadership create dangerous conditions not just for inmates (though let’s count them first!) but also staff. Perhaps we need a new law: legislators who cut prison budgets have to visit each prison, twice a year, to see the results of their decision.