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| Classroom training cut to keep prisons staffed |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 11/16/2007 |
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ILLINOIS - State prison [officers[ will get less classroom training each year so they can spend more time at their posts, Illinois Department of Corrections officials confirmed Thursday. A Nov. 8 memo from Director Roger Walker, obtained by The Associated Press, said prison employees still will get 40 hours of annual training, but routine chores such as staff meetings and roll-call updates will count toward the quota starting Nov. 26. The union representing most of the 11,500 Corrections employees points to the change as proof that state prisons need to hire more workers. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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