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| Huttonsville Correctional Center 1/4 Unstaffed |
| By wdtv.com |
| Published: 07/28/2015 |
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There is one area of work that can't take any more people bailing out. And it's not prisoners that are getting bailed out here. In fact, it's the opposite. Huttonsville Correctional Center in Randolph County doesn't have a large part of its staff. Officials blame this mostly on the low pay correctional officers earn. Huttonsville Correctional Center is missing a quarter of its staff. Out of the 217 vacancies in correctional officer jobs across the state, over half of them are in two places: Huttonsville Correctional Center in Randolph County and Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County. Communications Director of the state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety Lawrence Messina has a list of reasons for this. The first is location. Huttonsville is very rural and sparsely populated. Second is issues within the system. Correctional officers in West Virginia earn the lowest pay of any officers in the country. Messina says that on the starting salary with a stay-at-home spouse and child, an officer qualifies for government assistance. The turnover rate for these jobs is reportedly 60 percent for regional jail employees and 50 percent for prison workers. And officials say the low pay is to blame. "These have to be among the most difficult jobs in West Virginia," Messina told 5 News. "And it is really a commitment. Good correctional officers who we train, who we help get started in a career of corrections, move on to another state or to the Federal Bureau of Prisons because it's better pay." Read More. |
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