Thomson Federal Prison Faces Critical Staffing Crisis as Government Shutdown Looms
More than 400 federal law enforcement officers at Thomson Prison face severe financial uncertainty as Congress approaches the March 14 shutdown deadline. The facility, already grappling with the nation's highest vacancy rate for a standalone federal prison, now confronts a perfect storm of staffing and safety challenges.
"Our officers will be making impossible choices if the Government shuts down," says Jon Zumkehr, President of AFGE Local 4070. "When federal law enforcement officers earn less than local factory workers and have to choose between childcare and showing up for work, we've got a serious problem. You can't pay daycare providers with IOUs."
