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| Corrections director wants 300 new officers |
| By mohavedailynews.com |
| Published: 11/20/2013 |
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Nearly 300 new correctional officers would be hired to staff units where the most violent inmates are housed under a budget proposal being pushed by the head of the Arizona Department of Corrections. Director Charles Ryan has asked Gov. Jan Brewer for $18 million to cover the cost of the new hires as part of a roughly $60 million budget increase requested for the 2015 fiscal year. Ryan is also asking for more than $18 million to operate a private prison in Eloy that’s slated to begin taking Arizona inmates on Jan. 1. He also wants to move more inmates into that facility sooner than anticipated because of a projected increase in the inmate population. “We have conveyed our concerns. It’s about public safety, staff safety and maintaining an effective control of the inmate population,” Ryan told The Arizona Republic in an interview. Read More. |
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