May 17, 2009
Corrections Dept. taking brunt of 5,000 layoffs
California's prison system will take the brunt of the 5,000 state worker layoffs that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Thursday before unveiling budget plans to deal with the state's deepening fiscal crisis.
The job cuts - 3,665 in all - will affect corrections employees from prison guards to cooks and everything in between, said Matt Cate, secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Letters to the affected employees were sent Friday. The department employs two-thirds of state workers whose paychecks come from the general fund and thus is a big target…
LINK - SFGate.com
