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How prison staffing shortages are driving away mental health staff : Consider This from NPR
The entrance of the Metropolitan Detention Center, (MDC) in Brooklyn, a United States federal administrative detention facility is pictured on July 6, 2020 in New York City.
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Correctional officers are leaving their jobs at federal prisons.
And when these prisons are understaffed – psychologists and other staff are asked to act as guards.
Recent reporting from The Marshall Project says it’s pushing mental health professionals out of prisons.
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