Post by pavel on Feb 3, 2016 8:01:04 GMT -6
ATLANTA – State officials asked budget writers for money for upgrading locks at the state’s prisons and juvenile facilities as well as 7-percent pay increases to reduce turnover of guards.
Nearly half of the guards in the Department of Juvenile Justice, 47 percent, leave in a year’s time. It’s almost as high in the adult prisons of the Department of Corrections at 32 percent.
Many of those leave shortly after the state has spent the money for six months of training and law-enforcement certification that leads to higher-paying jobs at local jails.
Gov. Nathan Deal recommends adding $29 million to the budget for the Corrections and Juvenile Justice departments. That would provide a 10-percent raise when the statewide 3-percent pay increase is figured in.
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2016-02-03/ga-prisons-need-better-locks-lawmakers-told?v=1454482655
Nearly half of the guards in the Department of Juvenile Justice, 47 percent, leave in a year’s time. It’s almost as high in the adult prisons of the Department of Corrections at 32 percent.
Many of those leave shortly after the state has spent the money for six months of training and law-enforcement certification that leads to higher-paying jobs at local jails.
Gov. Nathan Deal recommends adding $29 million to the budget for the Corrections and Juvenile Justice departments. That would provide a 10-percent raise when the statewide 3-percent pay increase is figured in.
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2016-02-03/ga-prisons-need-better-locks-lawmakers-told?v=1454482655