The Corrections Minister is confident the country's jails will be properly staffed and able to take on as many prisoners as needed as the government gets tough on crime. National coalition deals promise increased funding for Corrections to ensure there's "sufficient prison capacity as required" . Right now Aotearoa's jails are about 370 prison officers short. Mount Eden Jail is 62 staff short and Rimutaka Prison is down 68 prison officers. The 18 adult jails have 11,000 beds, but staffing shortages mean they can only use about 9,250. And as part of the government's 100 day work programme it is drafting new legislation to ban gang patches and stop gang members gathering in public places. Mark Mitchell is the Corrections Minister and he's confident the Department can get the staff it needs.