August 24, 2010
CDCR’s plans to reduce prison staffing in the news
A state proposal to lay off 3 percent of guards and employees at adult prisons has drawn the ire of union officials concerned about employee safety and staffing levels.
The plan, which has yet to be approved by state prison officials, was outlined in an Aug.10 memo to state prison wardens from George Giurbino, director of the Division of Adult Institutions for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
About 1,100 positions - most of which would be correction officers - would be cut, said Joe Baumann, chapter president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco...
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