Too many inmates, too few correctional officers: A lethal recipe in federal prisons

The Washington Post: Yet, if you sling grits and chicken in a U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) dining hall, dealing with killers, kidnappers, and thieves is part of the job description — and to a greater degree than many realize.

The peril was driven home shortly after 11 a.m. on August 18 when four employees, only one of whom was a correctional officer, were assaulted at the Canaan federal penitentiary in Waymart, Pa. That’s the same prison, home for 1,500 male convicts, where Eric Williams, a correctional officer, was slain by an inmate in 2013.

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