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FILE - In this Friday, July 28, 2017 file photo, Kansas Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood answers questions about recent disturbances at a maximum-security state prison in Topeka, Kan. A staffing shortage constitutes an emergency at a Kansas maximum-security lockup in El Dorado, Kan., that has seen several recent inmate disturbances, requiring mandatory overtime and shifts as long as 16 hours, the state's prisons chief said. Norwood made that pronouncement Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in a letter to an employee union in rejecting a grievance over long hours at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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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 "instigators" 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)
