By Sandra Chereb
Associated Press
Nevada correctional officers were granted another temporary exemption Wednesday from state mandated furloughs.
The Board of Examiners, chaired by Gov. Jim Gibbons, extended the exemption through November to give legal staff and prison administrators more time to research possible options on how to pay for continued waivers.
Department of Corrections Director Howard Skolnik has said requiring correctional officers to take one day off a month without pay would further strain his understaffed agency and jeopardize staff and inmate safety.
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