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| Kansas Lawmakers Tangle Over Pay Raises For Prison Workers |
| By kmuw.org- Stephen Korand |
| Published: 11/05/2015 |
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Kansas is facing a shortage of corrections workers in state prisons. Everyone agrees it's a problem, but there isn’t agreement on how to pay for a solution. As KPR’s Stephen Koranda reports, lawmakers discussed the issue during committee meetings this week. Kansas prison guards and other corrections officers start off making less than $14 per hour. After a year on the job, they can make slightly more but that’s where their salaries remain. That’s not a lot of money for what many people would consider a pretty tough and dangerous job, and that low pay is taking a toll on staffing levels. Read More. |
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