El Dorado Correctional Facility (Kansas)

Facts

• Maximum and Medium Security Prison
• Philosophy: "Offenders are sentenced to incarceration as punishment, not for punishment"
• Notable Inmates: Jonathan Carr and Reginald Carr (Wichita Massacre) & Dennis Rader (The BTK Strangler)
• $58 million facility that opened in 1991

Problem #1 and Solution

• Problem: Short staffing (95 job vacancies)
• Solution: Bring in guards from other facilities or hire new and experienced guards

Problem #2 and Solution

• Problem: Staff faces low pay and long hours, which causes poor supervision of inmates
• Solution: Hire more people, in order to have a more attentive staff

Problem #3 and Solution

• Problem: Overcrowding of inmates
• Solution: Let more inmates out on good behavior and grant more parole

Youtube Video

Citations

• https://www.doc.ks.gov//facilities/edcf

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