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Extreme overtime puts California's prison health overhaul at risk...including salaries of $187,000

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"California's prisons in 2008 spent $60 million on health care overtime. That doesn't count an additional $111 million in overtime for guards who protect on- and off-site health workers during medical appointments ­ more than double the amount being spent when the receiver took over." "Three physician assistants and 52 nurses earned more than the $187,535 salary of Matthew Cate, corrections secretary and overseer of the prison system." Sacramento Bee Extreme overtime puts California's prison health overhaul at risk By Charles Piller Published: Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 First of two parts. California's prison health care employees work hard ­ or so it would seem bytheir schedules. Many average 12 hours a day; others routinely log 16- to 18-hour shifts for months on end, creating a costly overtime free-for-all in this budget-strapped state...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).