Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said the raises, announced in March, are making a difference in the state's understaffed prisons.
Sep. 21, 2023, 11:36 a.m.Pay raises for correctional officers announced in March have helped reverse a trend of declining staff in Alabama’s overcrowded prisons, Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm told lawmakers this week.have raised the interest of job applicants and are attracting former and retired employees back to the job.“Recruiting, hiring and retention is the number one issue facing the department,” Hamm said.
Hamm said the ADOC has 1,693 correctional officers and other security staff personnel and has 727 positions that are funded but vacant, about 30%. Hamm said 60 new hires graduated from the ADOC’s 10-week training academy last week. Another class of 75 candidates begins on Oct. 9. The ADOC operates four classes each year.
Hamm said the agency has 806 active applications for correctional officer trainee and correctional security guard. He said 20 full-time employees who had left the ADOC have been rehired since June 19. And the ADOC is hoping to attract retired state employees with Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training certification. A new law passed this year allows the ADOC to pay certain retirees up to $52,000 a year to work as correctional officers.
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