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DOC outlines overtime, staffing and tablets plans; cites 541 vacancies and workers' comp pressures
Summary
The Department of Correction told the Appropriations subcommittee that overtime is driven mainly by vacancies and workers' compensation absences and that the agency expects modest savings if proposed operational changes succeed.
The Department of Correction said its largest overtime drivers are position vacancies and workers' compensation absences. The commissioner told the committee there were roughly 541 correctional officer vacancies and that, as of the morning of the hearing, the in‑custody population was about 11,098.
DOC said it is pursuing a multi‑pronged overtime reduction plan: sending staff home after the population is secure, using a central transportation unit for trips to court, using shutdown posts…
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