Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to 'avoid more extreme measures,' director says

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to ‘avoid more extreme measures,’ director says

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Updated 2:16 PM EDT, May 8, 2025

The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison nurses, teachers, cooks and other workers to guard inmates.

The move, which coincides with President Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign to cut the cost and size of the federal government, was announced Thursday by the agency’s newly appointed director, William K. Marshall III. Some union officials characterized the move as a “hiring freeze,” though the agency denied that, saying some positions would continue to be filled.

The Bureau of Prisons will maintain current staffing levels at least through the end of the fiscal year, Sept 30, Marshall wrote in an email to staff titled “Staffing and Hiring Decisions.” The agency will still work to fill critical positions, such as correctional officers and medical clinicians, and will honor job offers that are currently pending on an accelerated timeline.

The change comes days after Trump ordered the Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the fabled former penitentiary in San Francisco Bay that last held inmates more than six decades ago.

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[underpants]

1. Corrections has two goals

Keep THEM inside
Get as many of US as we can to do it

Hiring and retention are a constant need. Once you get some to work there they throw money at them to keep them there. At least I thought that’s how it worked.