By Navideh Forghani
ABC 15
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Arizona Department of Corrections is asking for millions of more dollars to hire more correctional officers.
They say without the extra money, the officers and the inmates they oversee are in danger.
The DOC’s budget it already at $1 billion dollars. They’ve proposed an extra $18 million to fund 296 officers to work at Arizona prisons.
The department is trying to make up for the more than 500 positions lost during cuts made in 2006.
Full story: Arizona Department of Corrections asks for $18M to hire more officers