State prisons to cut 200 jobs

September

Â The state prison system will trim $81.6 million in spending by eliminating 200 jobs, the Correctional Services Department announced today.

The jobs will be saved by closing some some dormitories and cutting back on inmate work crews among other steps, the department announced.

The department has 31,500Â workers and an annual budget of about $2.4 billion. the prison population peaked at 71,538 in 1999 to 61,339 now.

The department’s actions so far cut spending by 3 percent. Gov. David Paterson is requiring cuts of about 7 percent more, which the department said will be announced later.

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2 Responses to “State prisons to cut 200 jobs”

smartporpoise September 25th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
81 million saved by eliminating 20 jobs equals over $400,000 per job – ?
smartporpoise September 25th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
That is, 200 jobs, of course.

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