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| Safety at issue with thinned prison staffs |
| By standardspeaker.com- Jacob Seibel |
| Published: 06/16/2014 |
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The money-saving hiring freeze placed on Pennsylvania state prisons amid budget pressure has raised concerns about safety in the institutions, including the two in Luzerne County. Roy Pinto, president of the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association, told the Associated Press that prison staffing is at the 2008 level, while the state prison population has grown by 5,000 more inmates since then. He said officers' biggest concern is their own safety and a hiring freeze that lasts well past July 1 - the soonest Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel projected it to end when he imposed the freeze May 27 - will increase the danger. Mark Truszkowski, a local union representative for state correctional officers in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, agrees safety is the number one concern. Read More. |
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