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| Nashville prison faces ‘emergency staffing issues’ |
| By tennessean.com- Tom Wilemon |
| Published: 07/07/2015 |
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A state prison in Nashville that houses men with mental illnesses is facing a critical shortage of corrections officers. The prison’s leadership has put out an “all hands on deck” call, characterized the situation as “emergency staffing issues” and reassigned day shift so remaining officers can man posts as needed, according to documents obtained by The Tennessean. The manpower shortage at the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility worsened after the prison implemented a 28-day schedule — a change intended to save $1.4 million statewide in wage costs. The new staffing schedule has been implemented in prisons statewide, including others in Nashville that already had high turnover rates. Corrections officers moved from a traditional 40-hour work week with overtime to a system that requires overtime when the hours worked exceed 212 in a 28-day work period. Read More. |
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