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CA: State prison system lucrative for corrections workers

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State prison system lucrative for corrections workers January 06, 2011|By BRIAN JOSEPH Orange Co. Register California prisons are awful places. The walls are gray, the space is crowded and the threat of violence is always present. Every day, prison staff must guard against vengeful inmates who would slash their arms or throw urine in their face. But working in California prisons isn't all bad. In fact, if you can put up with the environment, it can be incredibly lucrative for high school graduates and the well educated alike. An Orange County Register analysis of state worker salaries shows that employees of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are among some of the best paid workers in state government. CDCR, as the department is known at the State Capitol, employs more people and spends more on staff than any of the other 150 departments delineated in the salary data provided by the State Controller's office...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).