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| Lincoln Hills facing staff vacancies |
| By postcrescent.com- Jason Stein and Patrick Marley |
| Published: 04/18/2016 |
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MADISON - Almost one in five jobs stand vacant at the state's troubled Northwoods youth prison, leaving nearly 30 openings among those who guard residents and work most closely with them, new figures show. The job vacancies are one of the challenges facing Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher as the new head of state prisons seeks to improve conditions at a facility that has been under criminal investigation for more than a year. Twenty-eight youth counselor and advanced youth counselor jobs remain unfilled out of the 146 frontline positions at Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls. The institutions share a campus 30 miles north of Wausau. Officials have said they're hiring more workers and in the meantime are handling the shortage in part by paying for hotel, meal and travel costs for officers who were recently hired to work at other Wisconsin prisons. But union officials say the situation is forcing the remaining workers at Lincoln Hills to routinely work 16-hour shifts and increasing risks for employees and inmates alike. Read More. |
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