May 22, 2009
142 layoff notices at prison
If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes good on his promise to lay off 5,000 state workers now that a series of budget propositions have failed, 142 employees at Pelican Bay State Prison will be without jobs.
Pelican Bay officials still don't know if and when the notices will actually take affect, but if layoffs do occur it could mean the loss of more than 100 correctional officers.
"At this point we have not had an official word concerning those employees being laid off," said Lt. Ken Thomas, Pelican Bay's public information officer, on Wednesday. "Everybody's talking about it, but we haven't heard anything yet."…
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