Sleepy readers of the Los Angeles Times were greeted with the front page story, "OT pushes guards' pay past $100,000".
Within this article, a little truth trickled out from an unlikely source. Attorney Don Specter, Director of the Prison Law Office, characterized the closing of the Correctional Officer Training Academy, during the Hickman Administration, a "mistake". He further stated, "They don't have enough officers to safely man the prisons."
Understaffing the prisons is the single greatest contributor to the massive amounts of overtime being paid to Correctional Staff.
Before too many politicians get out their soap boxes, the amount of that overtime spent on divorce attorneys, as Correctional Staff become strangers in their own homes, should be calculated into the equation. All of that money comes with a high price for Correctional Officers, both physically and emotionally.
The Federal judiciary and their sycophants cannot hang this one on the "Powerful Prison Guard's Union". Instead they must look at their darling Rod Hickman for the blame.
The Jack Daniels may have soured in the glass, but the hangover lingers on.
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