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| Pay raises on the horizon as Texas prisons continue to deal with staffing shortages |
| By houstonchronicle.com- Keri Blakinger |
| Published: 06/24/2019 |
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Then-union spokesman Lance Lowry fretted in fall 2017 about a “mass exodus” in the state’s prison system, with an officer turnover rate so high that nearly 1 in 3 guards fled the agency over the prior year. Little has changed since — and the vacancy rate is ticking up, as critical positions sit unfilled both Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s 104 adult prisons and at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department’s five youth prisons. Some see hope in the more than $90 million set aside in the recent legislative session for 3 to 15 percent officer pay raises at two of the state’s most chronically understaffed agencies. Read More. |
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