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Jobs may be spared for now
By Deseret News
Published: 12/05/2008

UTAH - There will be layoffs at the Utah Department of Corrections. It's safe to say there will be across-the-board cuts to the department, agency spokeswoman Angie Welling said after the governor's budget was released Thursday.

Corrections has been ordered to make $17.8 million in cuts, in addition to nearly $8 million already slashed during the special session of the Legislature. However, the governor did offer nearly $9 million to backfill the agency for 2010 only, which could keep people employed for at least another year. In the aftermath of an officer's slaying, the governor proposes hiring four transportation officers and funding an aging prison population with $1.5 million in medical costs. Read more.

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