NH Prison System Still Plagued by Staffing Shortage; Vacancy Rate for Corrections Officers at 47 Percent

NH prison system still plagued by staffing shortage; vacancy rate for corrections officers at 47 percent

CONCORD — The N.H. Department of Corrections typically has two classes of graduates from its training academy each year, one around March and one around August. But this past August, the department got so few candidates it didn’t even have…

NH prison system still plagued by staffing shortage; vacancy rate for corrections officers at 47%

Staffing is a long-running challenge for the state’s prison system. (Photo by Dave Cummings/New Hampshire Bulletin)The New Hampshire Department of Corrections typically has two classes of graduates from its training academy each year, one around March and one around August. But this past August, the department got so few candidates it didn’t even have an academy class and thus didn’t hire any new corrections officers, department officials told t…