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| Expanded jail could lock in job security for hundreds |
| By wrcbtv.com - Gordon Boyd |
| Published: 03/16/2012 |
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BLEDSOE COUNTY, TN. (WRCB) -- Southeast Tennessee has become home to Florida's Christine Miller and New York's Sue Contreras. But how can you live, where you can't make a living? "You start people at $7.25 an hour, you can't," Miller says. Contreras hasn't had a full time job since June. No part-time work since August. "I'd actually thought about going back to New York, to find work," she says. Both are hoping that jail, will keep them here. "Crime's not going away," Miller laughs. Both have driven more than half an hour to Dunlap, for a Department of Corrections Job Fair, to apply for the more than 400 jobs available thanks to the expansion of the Correctional Complex in Bledsoe County. The $208 million facility will house 1,444 inmates, most of them in medium security. Three hundred beds will be designated maximum security. The complex will offer more than two dozen different, specialized jobs, according to TDOC Human Resources officers Melanie Wilson. "We need carpenters, cooks, nurses, maintenance workers, you name it," she says. Miller is eyeing openings for secretaries and pharmacy technicians. Read More. |
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