Corrections
AFSCME Corrections United --We're 62,000 corrections officers and 23,000 corrections employees who've joined forces in AFSCME to fight for better pay and benefits, for safe workplaces, and to uphold the standard of professionalism in our field. ACU members are men and women working all across the country, in both maximum- and minimum-security facilities, state prisons and county jails. ACU has a proven record of accomplishments on the federal, state and local levels, and at the bargaining table – fighting to improve the pay and working conditions of all COs and corrections employees.
Join your brothers and sisters in the AFSCME Corrections United Network. We’ll discuss shared concerns, learn about what’s going on around the country and exchange information and ideas.
New law regulates private prisons in Colorado Under a new law approved by the Colorado Legislature and signed by Gov. Bill Ritter, the Colorado Dept. of Corrections will be able to withhold inmate per diem money if a private prison doesn't comply with conditions of its contract.The measure, detailed in HB1363, allows the DOC to negotiate as part of its annual contracts with private prison companies what per diem rate it will pay, and how much extra it can give up to a maximum rate set by the Legislature each year.Currently, that rate is $52.69 per inmate a day, but is set to increase 4.25 percent next year, bringing that per diem to $54.90 a day. Prisons for Profit Source: PBS NOW, May 9, 2008. Corporations are running many Americans prisons, but will they put profits before prisoners? A grim new statistic: One in every hundred Americans is now locked behind bars. As the prison population grows faster than the government can build prisons, private companies see an opportunity for profit. Waupun correctional officer earns national recognition Correctional Sergeant Dan Meehan of the Waupun Correctional Institution has been named the national Correctional Officer of the Year by AFSCME International in Washington, D.C. Meehan has been employed as a correctional officer for more than two decades. During his tenure, the Waupun man has mentored hundreds of young officers beginning their career in the dangerous but rewarding field of corrections...As president of AFSCME Council 18 at WCI, Meehan has helped to negotiate his membership through a historic state budget battle this year. ... Nationwide, AFSCME represents 67,000 corrections officers and 23,000 corrections employees.
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