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| Corrections officers: Reductions in staff put big burden on others |
| By dispatch.com - Danielle Keeton-Olsen |
| Published: 10/09/2014 |
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Leah Marquis, a corrections officer at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, said she felt the weight of staff reductions in her workload. Last week, Marquis was “retained” for four days, meaning she was required to work a second eight-hour shift for four days in a row. Retention is becoming more common at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, she said. “It’s creating a problem with morale, for one, and people are just getting burnt out,” Marquis said. “People are getting that (order) two to three days per week, and it’s a lot for them.” Marquis and a few dozen other members of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association carried signs and crowded the entrance to the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction building on W. Broad Street yesterday to protest cuts in corrections-officer staffing. Reductions in the correctional staff throughout the state have led to increased violence, escape attempts and suicides in Ohio prisons, union president Christopher Mabe said. “This is about providing safety and security in our prisons,” he said. The prisons agency has lost 400 corrections officer positions within the past two years, primarily because hiring boards would not replace all officers who retire, Mabe said. Read More. |
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