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Northampton corrections director reports hiring gains, low prison population and asks for two sergeants
Summary
The county’s director of corrections told the Courts & Corrections Committee that recruitment and retention improved over the past year, prison population is at a historic low and the department seeks two additional sergeant positions and capital fixes.
The director of corrections told the County Courts & Corrections Committee on July 16 that recruitment and retention have improved over the past year and the county’s jail population is at a historic low. “We now have more of a correctional officer population that's more representative of our inmate population,” the director said, adding that the department hired 72 officers and retained 72% of those hires over the last year.
The director said the department implemented a workforce cultural improvement plan and contracted the consulting firm Intersect Alliance to interview staff and design training to address morale and retention. He reported a roughly 40% share of female correctional officers and said 66% of…
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