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| FL Corrections Officers Safe From Lay Offs |
| By theledger.com |
| Published: 03/14/2011 |
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Top officials overseeing Florida prisons said they will not lay off correctional officers as part of this year's $3.6 billion budget crunch, dealing a setback to Gov. Rick Scott's plan to overhaul the system by firing hundreds of those workers, the St. Petersburg Times reported. Edwin Buss, new secretary of the Department of Corrections, said Friday that rather than layoffs, the agency will leave positions vacated by officers unfilled. "Through attrition, as people retire, we won't fill their positions," Buss said in an interview. The agency employs about 21,000 correctional officers with about 350 jobs turning over each month. By that math, 4,200 correction officers jobs would be eliminated in one year of attrition. Read More. |
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