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| Utah Corrections to cut 6 percent of jobs |
| By Steve Gehrke |
| Published: 04/15/2009 |
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The Utah Department of Corrections will eliminate as many as 160 full-time jobs -- more than 6 percent of its work force -- by July 1. Officials say only two workers will be laid off, some will take retirement, and other positions won't be filled. But 23 people will be reassigned to new jobs, some of them taking pay cuts averaging 22 percent and ranging as high as 37 percent. In extreme cases, corrections officers will drop as many as two grades in rank -- from captain to sergeant, for example. Employees like Steve Holfeltz, have to decide if they can live with the lower pay that could amount to big life changes. Holfeltz will be reassigned next month, a move that will come with one of the department's highest pay cuts on top of a looming July 1 medical premium increase. While the financial analyst does not expect his family would lose its house under that slashed income, Holfeltz already has looked into getting food stamps. For the prison system, work-force cuts is just one of many reductions stemming from the recent legislative session. En route to lopping $20 million from its 2010 budget, Corrections scaled back a program aimed at reforming drug addicts, closed a center that helped judges decide the best sentence for various violators and eliminated a parole office and a transition center. The cuts also delayed some facility openings and reduced the amount of cash Corrections pays to local governments in exchange for freeing up state prison space by housing inmates in county jails. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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