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| Staff, pay at state prisons rank low |
| By tulsaworld.com - Barbara Hoberock |
| Published: 12/20/2013 |
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The state’s ratio of correctional officers to offenders is the worst among at least 49 states and more than twice the national average, according to a survey released by the Oklahoma Corrections Professionals. Figures for Maryland correctional officer staffing ratios were not available, according to the survey. Meanwhile, the average starting pay for a correctional officer is nearly $4 more than what Oklahoma officers earn, according to the survey. “The hiring rate for corrections officers in Oklahoma has got to be raised July 1, and the agency needs $12.2 million to do it,” said Sean Wallace, executive director of Oklahoma Corrections Professionals. “We cannot afford to lose more officers, who can and do go almost anywhere and get paid more, work less hours and not work in as dangerous and stressful environment as a prison. “They’ve gone eight years without a raise of any kind and, adding insult to injury, endured a year of furloughs, too.” Read More. |
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