<p>NEW: Democrats Demand Answers for Federal Prison Staffing Shortage After Corrections Officers Flee for ICE Jobs</p><p>The federal prison staffing shortage, exacerbated by corrections officers fleeing to ICE jobs, has contributed to more lockdowns, more violence and less access to recidivism-reducing programs, the lawmakers noted in their letter to the BOP director.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/bop-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/bop-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/bop</span><span class="invisible">-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a></p>