Sen. Durbin reacts to non-medical deaths at Thomson; union has response – WHBF (Rock Island)

“We are currently facing a staffing shortage after (Bureau of Prisons) Director (Collette ) Peters slashed the pay for the workers at Thomson Federal Prison,” union president Jon Zumkehr said in the statement. “We are currently experiencing a critical staff shortage, with a deficit of one hundred and eleven (111) employees and an additional seventeen (17) more anticipated departures.