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| Mid-Orange Correctional Facility staff get used to new jobs |
| By recordonline.com - Alyssa Sunkin |
| Published: 10/28/2011 |
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WARWICK NY — Jason Maillet, a motor vehicle operator at Mid-Orange Correctional Facility, waited months to learn where he'd be transferred when the prison shuttered Oct. 1. On the day Mid-Orange closed for good, Maillet got his papers. Otisville Correctional Facility, the same assignment as two of his fellow mechanics. He let out a sigh of relief. That is, until he learned six of his co-workers weren't as lucky. Laid off. He pauses at the thought of his colleagues' fate. But he's thankful he's kept his job. He's thankful he didn't lose his health insurance, which covers his 8-year-old daughter who has cystic fibrosis. He's thankful his new colleagues are friendly and welcoming. “The honest truth is that it worked out a bit better than I thought it would,” he said. “I'm now getting used to this place, getting used to a whole new group of people and a whole different way of doing things. It's really starting all over again.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the closure of Mid-Orange and six other prisons in June to eliminate 3,800 beds the state no longer needs. His administration estimates the move will save the state $72 million this year and $112 million next year. The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision transferred Mid-Orange inmates in July and August, and split the employment reassignment process into two shifts, one during the summer and the other Oct. 1. Of the 227 total security staff assigned to Mid-Orange, 212 were transferred to other state corrections facilities, 13 retired and two were laid off, said DOCCS spokesman Peter Cutler. Of the 100 civilian staff, 55 were transferred. Twenty left before the transfer process began, five retired, nine were laid off, two resigned, one was transferred to another state agency, and eight temporary positions were cut, Cutler said. More than 160 employees were transferred into vacant jobs at facilities in Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam or Westchester counties, Cutler said. The others went to other available job openings across the state. While he couldn't say definitively, Cutler suggested many of them wanted to be transferred to the facilities where they ended up. Read More. |
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