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Will expanded immigration detention exacerbate Texas' prison guard shortages?

Regular readers know that Texas prisons and county jails face a severe understaffing crisis caused by low pay and the rural location of facilities, and that in federal facilities the problem may be even more pronounced.Meanwhile, my prediction that immigration detention would drive prison expansion in the near term has come true, adding another category of detention facilities that require more guards when no one can find any. It's hard to see how these long-term trends can co-exist viably. Where does it all end?At the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jay Root had this story yesterday ("Border patrol employs zero tolerance approach in Del Rio," May 25 ) detailing the results of ending the so-called "catch and release" policy that allowed undocumented immigrants out of detention while awaiting a detention hearing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 27, 2008 (boomark / email).