Las Vegas NowFurlough Exemptions Extended at NV Prisons
Nevada correctional officers have been given another temporary exemption from state mandated furloughs.
The Board of Examiners, chaired by Gov. Jim Gibbons, extended the exemption through November to give legal staff and prison administrators more time to research possible alternatives.
Department of Corrections Director Howard Skolnik has said requiring correctional officers to take one day off a month without pay would further strain his understaffed agency and jeopardize staff and inmate safety.
His department is researching possible alternatives, such as renting out prison space to outside interests, charging prison canteens rent and eliminating a 5 percent incentive pay for staff at rural outlying facilities.
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