Recruitment
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The workers have been vocal about the working conditions and the amount of mandated OT they have been working due to extreme understaffing, with some working 16-hour shifts four to five days a week
The lower age requirement will require more training and supervision, but it will make deputies better prepared, Capt. Jim Moore said
Following the staged escape that wounded three COs, IDOC is working with Centurion Health, its medical health care provider, to find ways to reduce the number of hospital transports
The state is currently experiencing a critical shortage of corrections officers, with about 700 spots to fill
The state continues to struggle to hire and retain COs, forcing current officers and other prison staff to work long hours
The ruling brings an end to a years-long dispute over a pay increase between the county and its COs
State legislators saw the frustration and fear in the eyes of corrections staff after visiting prisons in the summer
According to a report, staffing turnover rates increased in the three agencies under the department
The CO shortage at one of Missouri’s prisons is so dire that the DOC is busing in workers from other facilities
In June alone, York County Prison employees worked more than 21,000 hours of overtime, costing the county over $790,000
The teacher tearfully called on Gov. Greg Abbott to charge the inmate she says raped her at the facility, which has has a 25 percent vacancy rate for COs
We asked our members what they would like see change in their facilities in the coming year
Anne Precythe, Director of the Missouri DOC, said pay is a major factor in the state’s inability to hire and retain more COs
The South Carolina DOC has been hiring COs across its 21 facilities since January, but about 655 positions remain unfilled
Sheriff Randy Pryor said their jail’s staff isn’t big enough to keep up with the rising inmate population
The staff shortages are forcing COs to work long hours and operate with skeleton crews
Rep. Jeremy Faison said the failures are egregious to Tennesseans and people in prisons
A universal truth about corrections is the difficulty in filling open positions
Oklahoma Department of Corrections decreased its number of needed correctional officers overall by 12 percent since July
Secretary Gregg Marcantel told the Legislative Finance Committee that vacancy rates for corrections officers at three state prisons are running more than 40 percent
Deputy Corrections Secretary Mark Myers says the department cannot keep “running officers into the ground”
Florida’s prisons are so “chronically understaffed” that an emergency should be declared to keep corrections officers and inmates safe
Union is attempting to stop the transfer of workers from a shuttered juvenile offender facility to the county jail, saying it’s an unfair situation to properly trained staff
County efforts to boost hiring at jail are stymied by elaborate recruitment process, wave of retirements
It’s time to recognize that protections for correctional officers make prisons safer for everyone
If the Crawford County jail adds six new full-time positions, it won’t happen until next year
Executive Director of the Kansas Organization of State Employees Rebecca Proctor is concerned that 18 may be too young
New Sheriff Gary Caruana is asking the county board to approve a $6.7 million budget increase for more officers and equipment
If federal recommendations are followed, the jail should have 54.4 full-time corrections officers, but there are 44
“We have lots of young officers coming in,” he said. “They need that supervision.”
DOC gained raises for correctional officers during the 2015 Legislature
$7.6 million spending plan to hire 100 additional correctional officers to the Nevada Department of Corrections was endorsed by a legislative panel Thursday
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