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Corrections staff urge county to fund retention bonus, say overtime and jail problems persist
Summary
Corrections deputies and guild leaders told the Pierce County Council the jail is understaffed, citing thousands of overtime hours, facility disrepair and recent staff losses, and urged the council to fund retention bonuses and better support the sheriff’s department.
Several corrections deputies and guild representatives used the council’s community forum on Tuesday to press the Pierce County Council for action on jail staffing, retention bonuses and facility maintenance.
"We have worked 10,166.1 hours of overtime in the last 30 days," Howard Warren, who identified himself as a corrections sergeant and the guild’s sergeant-at-arms, told the council. He said his unit logged 1,053 incident reports in the recent reporting period, including 116 suicide reports, 26 assaults (four…
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