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| Detention Center grapples with hiring, retaining ‘cool under pressure’ jailers |
| By clintonchronicle.com - Vic MacDonald |
| Published: 02/07/2013 |
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SOUTH CAROLINA - Laurens County Councilman Dr. David Pitts is now a believer. Not that he didn’t believe Sheriff’s Office Major Chris Hudson, the man charged with efficiently running the Johnson Detention Center, concerning Hudson’s staffing recommendations. It’s just that now, councilman Pitts has a first-hand appreciation of corrections officers. The Thursday before a Jan. 29 Laurens County Council planning session, Pitts toured the Johnson Detention Center with a lieutenant and came away with personal observations of the inmates and the guards. “They’re packed in their like sardines,” Pitts told his fellow council members. How to assist Hudson in meeting SC Department of Corrections mandates for staffing and promotion the retention of top-notch detention officers is a situation with which Laurens County Council grappled for most of 2012. Read More. |
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