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Prison Staffing Crisis at ECI | Dover News
Over fifty people showed up in person and sixty-five online to expose a brewing crisis at Eastern Correctional Institution—severe understaffing that’s making the facility unsafe for inmates and staff alike. Former assistant warden Ronnie Dryden warns that without enough personnel, oversight collapses, leading to deadly consequences: 102 inmate deaths statewide last year, including one at ECI, and 22 homicides already this year—despite inmates being sentenced to prison, not death. Families, advocates, and legislators are sounding the alarm, with Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes stressing this is…
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