Utah prison buses in officers from Gunnison to Draper to fill staffing shortage

Draper • Nearly 200 of the 540 positions at Utah State Prison are vacant, forcing state corrections officials to fill the shortage by busing in officers from another prison twice a day, officials said.Eight corrections officers travel more than 100 miles from the other state-run prison in Gunnison to the prison in Draper each morning, then another eight are sent there in the evening, KUTV-TV reported.The staffing shortage also has led to scheduled and mandatory overtime for officers, someti