Maryland boosting incentives to recruit correctional officers
By Michael Dresser
September 20, 2017
Jazzmen Knoderer, a spokeswoman for AFSCME Council 3, said the announcement confirms what the union and its members have been saying for years.
“For too long, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services didn’t take the initiative to attract new officers. A hiring bonus is a small step toward addressing the staffing crisis,” she said. “The Hogan administration needs to develop a strategy to retain officers with years of experience who are currently working in dangerously understaffed corrections facilities across Maryland.”
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