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| Counseling may go private |
| By The Providence Journal |
| Published: 02/11/2008 |
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RHODE ISLAND - Last November Roberta Richmond, assistant director of rehabilitative services at the state prison, met with 33 prison counselors to deliver what she knew would be grim news. Richmond told the counselors, a third of whom have 20 years or more of service, that the Corrections Department was considering giving their jobs to an outside agency to save money. Incredulous, the counselors responded with “shock, disbelief” and an understandable attitude of “Why us?” says Richmond. But three months later, the counselors aren’t much closer to losing their jobs and the “privatization” plan — one of two major departmental strategies for helping the state shrink its looming deficit — is shrouded in uncertainty, prison administrators concede. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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