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| Corrections chief says prisons need more funding to maintain full staffs |
| By wcfcourier.com |
| Published: 12/27/2011 |
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DES MOINES, Iowa --- The head of Iowa's corrections system projects his agency will need up to $8 million to keep the state's prisons fully staffed through the current fiscal year that ends June 30. John Baldwin, director of the state Department of Corrections, told legislators last week his agency's current appropriation will not fully fund the 2,698 prison staff and 1,113 employees within the community-based corrections system through the fiscal year's remaining six months. "We have retained staff that we don't have money for," he told members of the Legislature's Fiscal Committee. "We're clearly in need of support this year. We're looking at savings and we're cutting down as much as we can." Read More. |
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