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FILE - This March 23, 2011, photo shows the El Dorado Correctional Facility near El Dorado, Kan. A staffing shortage constitutes an emergency at a Kansas maximum-security lockup that has seen several recent inmate disturbances, requiring mandatory overtime and shifts as long as 16 hours, the state's prisons chief said. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood made that pronouncement in a letter Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, to an employee union in rejecting a grievance over long hours at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Kansas prisons chief confirms staffing emergency at lockup

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

In this Friday, July 28, 2017 photo, Kansas Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood answers questions about recent disturbances at a maximum-security state prison in Topeka, Kan. Hours before Friday's unrest, Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood said that &quot;instigators&quot; of the disturbances in May and June were relatively new to the prison and were protesting its more restrictive environment. He said the state has been moving offenders to even out the number of maximum-security inmates in its three biggest facilities, which all have a mix of offenders housed in different buildings. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Warden at Kansas prison that has seen unrest takes new job

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press