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| Corrections Department sees big increase in overtime expenses |
| By kearneyhub.com- Paul Hammel |
| Published: 09/16/2014 |
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LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services has another problem to wrestle with: a lack of personnel. The embattled agency, which is already grappling with overcrowded prisons, a scandal involving the mistaken early releases of hundreds of inmates, and legislative inquiries into its handling of mentally ill inmates, is seeing a big increase in overtime expenses. State figures indicate that overtime costs at Nebraska’s prisons rose 32 percent from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2014, which ended June 30. Overtime costs have more than doubled over the past five years, to $4.54 million, raising questions about burnout and the safety of corrections officers. Read More. |
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