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| Despite drop in inmate numbers, prisons ran up OT |
| By ncnewsonline.com- John Finnerty |
| Published: 02/26/2019 |
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HARRISBURG — The state Department of Corrections is on track to spend $108 million in overtime by the end of the fiscal year in June, even as the state prison population has declined at a historic rate, Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said Monday at a budget hearing. The state prison’s overtime bill is expected to end the fiscal year up almost $15 million. The number of inmates, which is expected to continue to decline, fell by 1,068 in 2018 -- the biggest one-year drop ever, according to the Department of Corrections. At the end of the year, there were 47,370 state prison inmates, down from 51,512 inmates five years ago. Read More. |
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