USA Today:
A West Virginia federal prison complex, cited in a scathing December Justice Department report on the murder of mob boss Whitey Bulger, is grappling with the most acute shortage of corrections officers of any facility across the seriously understaffed federal system.
The 72 officer vacancies at the Hazelton prison represent more than 16% of full officer staffing, forcing mandatory overtime shifts multiple times each week, according to agency records. And the short staffing persists even as officers at the complex, long regarded as one of the most violent bureau facilities, recently recovered a startling number of weapons.
During one shift this month, 30 knives were seized, including seven linked to a single inmate, staffers said. Days later, officers recovered makeshift body armor, padded with rolls of magazines, along with a dozen more knives.
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