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Juvenile Justice director asks for pay parity, capital funds and quick approval to reopen Greenville detention through private‑provider model
Summary
Director Eden Hendrick urged the Senate Finance Committee to fund community services, equalize juvenile correctional officer pay, invest in capital repairs and approve an MOU and curriculum so private providers can staff a Greenville detention facility pilot under a new security‑officer workaround.
Eden Hendrick, director of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), told the Senate Finance Committee DJJ’s top priorities are recurring funds for community services, pay parity for juvenile correctional officers (JCOs), capital repairs tied to a detention‑center master plan, and a procedural workaround to allow private providers to staff a Greenville County detention site.
Hendrick said the agency is seeking recurring salary increases to make front‑end intake, probation and parole staff competitive with other state agencies. She asked the committee to end a special assignment pay differential that currently gives JCOs at certain facilities an extra $3,000 compared with JCOs at neighboring facilities, describing it as a morale problem and requesting equal pay across facilities.
Hendrick outlined several…
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