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Prison guard cuts could come through attrition

If the Legislature orders TDCJ to reduce the number of correctional officers and close prisons, the cuts could probably be managed effectively through attrition with few actual layoffs, according to a report (not online) I received in an open records request from TDCJ called "FY 2010 Agency Turnover by Title." That document shows the number of COs remaining steady a little more than 28,000 over the last fiscal year, but with 5,724 CO "separations" from the agency in just one year, or 20.31% of their prison guard workforce. The turnover rate for a CO 1, or an entry level guard slot, was a whopping 59%.Overall, TDCJ had 7,375 total employee separations in FY 2010, including guards, but the agency-wide turnover rate was just 16.79%, so the non-front line jobs turn over less quickly...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 09, 2011 (boomark / email).