Prison understaffing: A crisis seen by few, felt by prisoners and prison employees
We live on the other side of the prison bar. One of us spent 22 years in prison for a non-violent drug crime. The other provided career services for over 20 years in maximum and moderate security prisons. We both landed in prison in a way, trying to escape the broken home and poverty. Our […]
There Is ‘Perpetual Understaffing’ at Airports
On Friday broadcasts of Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends First”, Virginia Lt. Gov. and the governor's candidate Winsome Sears (R) stated that there was a problem with “permanent personnel” at the airport. Sears said, “Well, I have to do something, and that's why NTSB is doing everything that can never happen again, as I […]
Stressed-out Starbucks baristas cite widespread understaffing in survey
According to reports, new Starbucks CEO Brian Nicol has expressed stress, complaining that he has been thrown into a “skeletal” crew as they scramble to fill a barrage of coffee orders. He said he was facing the baristas who were in trouble. An internal survey of Starbucks' 10,000 U.S. stores found that only about one-third […]
Residents in Austin neighborhood concerned about crime as police department struggles with understaffing
Staffing shortages at the Austin, Texas, Police Department have residents concerned about crime in the city. Residents in the Montopolis neighborhood in southeast Austin told KVUE-TV that crime in their area is getting worse. Delwyn Goss told the station he was woken up in the middle of the night Thursday by gunfire in his neighborhood, […]