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| Jackson County jail guards are underpaid, undertrained and overworked |
| By kansascity.com- Mike Hendricks |
| Published: 11/11/2015 |
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The first thing Jeffrey Beaber did when he got to work each day at the Jackson County Detention Center was check the overtime “draft list.” All the guards looked for their names. If it was on there, more than likely you’d be pulling a double shift that day and need to arrange for child care or cancel whatever plans you’d made for after your regular shift. Refuse to work 16 hours straight and you’d be written up or fired, if it happened too often. “The overtime is ridiculous,” said Beaber, who quit last year and now drives a truck. “I ended up leaving because of the hours and the way they treated you. You’re in a position to fail.” Read More. |
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