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| New DOC panel, special assistant to focus on reform |
| By delawarestatenews.net |
| Published: 06/30/2017 |
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DOVER — Over the past month, Gov. John Carney has announced several measures in his plan to reform the Department of Correction in the wake of the Feb. 1 inmate uprising that left Lt. Steven Floyd dead. Gov. Carney received the 54-page initial independent report developed by former Judge William Chapman and ex-Justice Henry DuPont Ridgely he called for earlier in the month, and has since taken action on several of its suggestions. On June 20 he announced an increase starting salaries for correctional officers to $40,000 in Fiscal Year 2018, and to $43,000 in FY 2019 — a 22 percent increase over current salary levels. As part of that reform, a new Labor-Management committee to study ways to help recruit and retain officers was established. On Wednesday, he appointed Claire DeMatteis, former senior counsel to U.S. Senator Joe Biden, to act as a special assistant to the Department of Correction. Read More. |
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