When the prison is completely converted to its new purpose, by April 1, the staff will have shrunk to 350 from 450, officials say.

Its corporate staff of 1,000 would shrink by 150 positions.

Its staff of 76 trainers shrank over a decade to just half a dozen last year.

The Gate's staff has shrunk to less than 20 from 40.

By 1975 the overseas staff at Howard had shrunk to single figures.

In Chicago, the staff has shrunk to 57, from 73.

The staff of those offices, now 43, would shrink to 10 or fewer, the officials said.

To help pay for the purchase, the staff will shrink from 1,500 to 200.

Over the last year the commission's staff has shrunk to 99 employees from 112.

The society's staff of appeals lawyers has shrunk by a third, to 98 from 148 in 1994.