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Are TDCJ staffing gains partly illusion?

While TDCJ reports that the number of vacant correctional officer slots in Texas prisons is down to just over 500, from a crisis-level high of around 4,000 not long ago, The Back Gate website says that's partly an illusion:In a report obtained from the Texas Board of Criminal Justice ... TDCJ leaders claim the agencies [staffing] situation is now brighter. Brad Livingston, TDCJ's executive director, stated that just a year ago the agency had nearly 4,000 vacant Correctional Officer positions open. Now he states there are only 512 open. The reasoning behind the jump in applicants was blamed on the current slump in the economy and the accompanying layoffs in many other fields.This situation has prompted agency leaders to institute new hiring standards for incoming correctional staff that will center around physical fitness...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 19, 2010 (boomark / email).