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OpEd: From libraries to prisons
By Philadelphia City Paper
Published: 12/09/2008

PHILADELPHIA - Here's the good news: most of the municipal Free Library guards working at doomed branch libraries will be able to retain employment with the city, which has placed them in open positions. Here's the depressing news: Half of those positions are in the prison system.

According to data provided by the Mayor's Press Office, nine municipal guards have been placed elsewhere in the city; of those nine, five will become correctional officers in the prisons department. The pay range for these officers' new jobs will be slightly higher: a maximum of $38,000 [with the] prisons, up from $34,000 [with the] libraries. Read more.

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