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Hard News: Forced Overtime Exhausts Prison Officers, Costs State Millions

For more than a decade, New Hampshire prisons have been under enormous pressure.  The prison population has gone up as staff numbers have gone down.  Aside from the inmates, few feel the consequences as acutely as the state’s correctional officers.  Emily Corwin looks at the overtime pressures those workers face.

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