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| Vacancies boost jail overtime expenses |
| By thedailyjournal.com - Matt Zager |
| Published: 10/26/2011 |
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BRIDGETON — Cumberland County Warden Bob Balicki counts his blessings when new county corrections officers remain on the job at least a year. Some new recruits, after they’re hired for jobs at the county jail in Bridgeton, fail to graduate from the 12 weeks of academy training. Others sign on for more lucrative corrections officer positions at New Jersey prisons the moment the state comes knocking. These factors and others contribute to a chronic staffing shortage and higher costs for overtime at Cumberland County Jail. Thanks at least partly to unfilled positions, the jail last year exceeded its $1.6 million overtime budget for officers and supervisors by $815,000. The county offset some of that with $442,000 it didn’t pay out in salaries and wages due to vacancies. One corrections officer racked up more than $100,000 in overtime pay. At the moment, the jail has nine corrections officer vacancies; another four officers are suspended without pay, and nine more are on unpaid leave. The county budgeted for 162 corrections officers and supervisors this year. Read More. |
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