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Prison union protests staff reductions
By dispatch.com- Danielle Keeton-Olsen
Published: 10/07/2014

Members of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association crowded the entrance to the Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections building to cuts in correction officer staffing.

Reductions in correctional staff throughout the state has led to increased violence, escape attempts and suicides in Ohio prisons, said Christopher Mabe, OCSEA president.

“This is about providing safety and security in our prisons,” Mabe said.

DRC lost 400 correction officer positions within the last two years, primarily because hiring boards would not fill all officers who retire, Mabe said.

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