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15% of staff positions in state unfilled, up to 40% at Waupun prison. //end headline wrapper ?>Waupun Correctional Institute in Waupun, Wis. Lauren Fuhrmann/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Just under 690 jobs, or roughly 15 percent of corrections officer positions, are unfilled at Wisconsin’s prisons, according to data from the stateDepartment of Corrections. The problem is most severe at Waupun Correctional Institution where 40 percent of jobs are vacant. The DOC announced in December it was closing a cell hall at Waupun to help relieve the staffing shortage. Figures from the agency show 119 out of 297 corrections officer positions were vacant at the prison as of Feb. 2.

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