May 24, 2010
Prison furloughs causing future financial liabilities to mount
Implemented to help the state sock away $2 billion, the governor's furlough order imposed on prison guards may end up eating away half the savings in the long run.
"Prisons don't close three Fridays a month," said Chuck Alexander, a vice president of California Correctional Peace Officers Association. "This governor saved a couple of bucks yesterday, but the next one will have to pay three bucks tomorrow."
Custody staff's growing vacation and holiday leave balances that were compounded by furloughs represent a future liability to the state of at least $546 million and could be more than $1 billion, state Auditor Elaine Howle warned in a report issued last week...
LINK - DailyBulletin.com
