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| Arizona Department of Corrections asks for $18M to hire more officers |
| By abc15.com - Navideh Forghani |
| Published: 11/22/2013 |
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The Arizona Department of Corrections is asking for millions of more dollars to hire more correctional officers. They say without the extra money, the officers and the inmates they oversee are in danger. The DOC's budget it already at $1 billion dollars. They’ve proposed an extra $18 million to fund 296 officers to work at Arizona prisons. The department is trying to make up for the more than 500 positions lost during cuts made in 2006. Colen Young, a former corrections office at the Lewis Prison, worked for the DOC for 18 years. During his term, he was attacked more than six times by inmates. But it was March 1 that changed his life. “I was attacked from the front. Someone grabbed me from the neck. I was dog piled and I kept getting hit until I couldn’t feel it any more. But I could just feel myself getting punched and kicked,” said Young. He sustained multiple injuries and doctors say he will be permanently blind in his left eye because of the attack. Young says at the time of the attack, four officers were watching 200 inmates at a level four prison which houses some of the most dangerous and violent criminals. Shyla Ross, another former DOC officer, oversaw the most violent sex offenders. She was attacked August 21, 2010 after only nine months on the job. At the time of the attack, two officers were on duty watching 100 inmates. Read More. |
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