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| Officers to work 12-hour shifts |
| By The Birmingham News |
| Published: 09/25/2008 |
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ALABAMA - Correctional officers at seven state prisons will work 12-hour shifts beginning Oct. 1 as part of a plan to slash expenses of the cash-strapped Alabama Department of Corrections. Richard Allen, the state's prisons commissioner, said Wednesday the change is meant to reduce overtime, and should save the state $3 million to $4 million a year. "We don't have any choice about it," Allen said. "We've got to save money. We've got to do some things that are out of the box, and this is one of them." [Officers] who now work eight-hour shifts, will work the 12-hour shifts in alternating three- and four-day work weeks. The system is being implemented at just seven prisons initially because only those facilities have the staffing to make it work. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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