AdvertisementStates Face Correctional Officer Shortage Amid A Cultural StigmaMarch 03, 2015Miles BryanfacebookEmailCorrections officer Sgt. Charles Galaviz secures an inmate for transfer with handcuffs and shackles Jan. 24 at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, in Lexington, Okla. Overtime is mandatory for correctional officers in the state's prisons, which have a manpower shortage of about 33 percent and the highest inmate homicide rate in the country. (AP)