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Board discussion highlights staffing shortfalls, intermittent FMLA and PFM recommendations
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Officials and public commenters discussed prison staffing, intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act use, overtime reductions and PFM’s financial-management findings that the jail may need more officers or changed posts to meet safety needs.
Lackawanna County Prison officials and public commenters discussed staffing levels, the prevalence of intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) usage among correctional officers and recommendations from the county’s PFM financial-management review.
The warden told the board the prison has 176 correctional officers on shift, four on workers’ compensation and two on administrative leave, and that there are zero continuous FMLA cases and 95 intermittent FMLA cases — which he said represent 95 individuals, not instances. The warden said “yes, that is over half of our officers have intermittent…
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