The state prison system is seeing a decline in staffing vacancies after pay increases were approved in the last three years.
Corrections Secretary Jeff Zmuda on Tuesday told lawmakers on the joint corrections committee that the agency is filling more openings, although recruiting continues to be a struggle.
"Since April of this year, we've really seen an encouraging trend," Zmuda said.
The number of vacancies for uniformed adult corrections officers has declined 38% from 405 in March to 252 openings last month, Zmuda told lawmakers.
At one point a year ago, vacancies in the prison system were expected to . . .
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