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DOC seeks more officers as overcrowding strains staff; senators press for recruitment, parity and electronic monitoring
Summary
DOC told senators June 17 the system is overcrowded (about 936 inmates across two facilities) and that the agency has about 181 corrections officers and aims to reach 200 by December 2025; DOC said ideal staffing would be about 350 officers under its manning model.
At the June 17 hearing on Bill 44‑38 COR, Department of Corrections officials and senators focused on overcrowding, staffing shortfalls and the operational consequences for inmate and officer safety.
DOC reported combined inmate/detainee counts of roughly 936 — about 713 at Mangilao and 223 at Hagåtña — and said each facility is over design capacity (DOC estimated roughly 130–160 inmates over capacity in each facility). Director Fred E. Bordalli Jr. said recruitment efforts have brought the corrections force to about 181 officers with a departmental target of 200 officers by December 2025. He also said that, using a National…
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