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At more than half vacant, Metropolitan Detention Center’s situation appears particularly dire
“I probably have 75% of the officers that I train leave the department for better pay,” CO Gustavo Leon said
Career development in public safety agencies has typically meant climbing in rank, but today’s employees demand a more personal approach
Works as a civilian collecting court-ordered fees
Towns are lining up in support of the small, minimum security prison
Mother Lode Job Training is partnering with the CDCR to offer three workshops
Renville County is adding two full-time correctional officer positions to its jail staff, but will need to add an assistant jail administrator as well
Data shows the agency last year spent $580,891 paying 53 employees to stay home for varying durations
Maryland Delegate Michael Hough said the tests will weed out unsuitable candidates and prevent corruption
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of Rhode Island and The Department of Corrections
New correctional officers can make $4,000 extra if they sign a one-year contract to work at understaffed prisons
Sgt. Frank Gilbert will retire effective March 31 following 10 years of service at the JDC
Xandrian McCraven, a former Chicago gang member with more than 24 arrests and falsified job qualifications spanning multiple state agencies, has been hired by the Illinois Department of Corrections
Kentucky ranks 49th in the nation in median hourly wages for correctional officers
1 in 4 correctional officers in state prisons and 38 percent of officers in juvenile lockups left their jobs last year
Has 38 females and 14 males, some of whom have a law enforcement background
Will go on to train new COs, having been certified by the Troup County Sheriff’s Office Jailer Training School
38 of them are women
There are now 64 officer vacancies at the prison and says the department is actively recruiting to fill them
Has concerns about the grading mechanism for written and video exams
Preliminary staffing survey found that the jail will need 10 to 15 more correction officers to staff Warren County Jail
Applicants are failing either the written, physical and psychological tests or extensive background checks
The DOC’s budget it already at $1 billion dollars
Current rate of attrition is approximately 1,800 annually
Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining restrictions prohibit public employee unions from negotiating with managers over anything beyond base wage increases based on inflation
Sheriff’s office appealing reinstatement
Sheriff said it was a personnel mater and would not elaborate further
Orange County is paying almost $2,500 to send Deputy Chief Cornita Riley through basic recruit certification
New bill to change employee’s pension contribution rates can’t go into effect without union’s agreement, says union
Sheriff told graduates he hoped they would stay with the department for the long haul
Calif. Dept. of Corrections has more than 7,000 openings
“It shouldn’t have happened in the first place, but we already work in a stressful environment in the prison system”
Vote will come possibly around Thanksgiving holiday