A decision to resume recreational time for the inmates of the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center has some prison guards concerned there may not be enough staff to handle the activity.
The inmates at the maximum security prison would have 17 and a-half hours a week.
The policy is part of a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Community Legal Aid Society of Delaware.
But it was suspended following the prison uprising earlier this year that resulted in the death of prison guard Steven Floyd.
Geoff Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, told WBOC that the thin staffing levels made managing such programs difficult.
Attorneys for some of the inmates as well as prison reform advocates have said that the recreational time is important for prisoners serving out their sentences and returning to society.
