By Brian Mann
North Country Public Radio
WESTPORT, NY — A new report issued this week finds that overtime pay in New York’s prison system continues to grow. Prisons are one of the biggest employers in the North Country.
The study by the state Comptroller’s office found that the Department of Correctional Services spent more than $160 million on overtime last year.
In most state agencies, overtime makes up a tiny fraction of the total money paid to employees. But in New York’s state prison system, the average Corrections officer works the equivalent of more than two weeks of extra shifts every year.
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