Double shifts, overtime common as Maine jails, prisons face staffing shortage

“The administrator of the Cumberland County Jail said overtime and double shifts are typically required of corrections officers twice a week as the jail faces a staffing shortage. The case of a corrections officer who police said had just come off a 16-hour shift at the jail before causing a crash in Gorham that killed a 9-year-old girl, is raising questions about the work load for officers. Police said Kenneth Morang, 61, admitted that he fell asleep before the July 21 crash on Route 25.“

ABC 8 Maine

July 30, 2019