William Hart took over as leader of New Hampshire’s prison system roughly six months ago with a trio of major challenges. Chronic staffing issues mean the Department of Corrections has a 47% vacancy rate. The state’s men’s prison is in disrepair. On top of that, the Legislature cut the department’s budget by $10 million and […]

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections typically has two classes of graduates from its training academy each year, one around March and one around August. But this past August, the department got so few candidates it didn’t even have an academy class and thus didn’t hire any new corrections officers, department officials told the Bulletin. […]