Nassau County lawmakers pressed county jail officials on staffing levels, budget cuts and increasing visits for families — particularly on the weekend — during a series of pointed questions at a hearing this week.
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“Do you see any type of inherent conflict in someone who is supposed to be in charge of taking care of the staff and running the facility correctly also being charged with controlling overtime?” Democrat Delia DeRiggi-Whitton asked jail officials during a Wednesday hearing. Legislators asked several rounds of questions on why the county wasn’t hiring more correction officers while at the same time cutting overtime.
“It’s a complement of all three,“ Deputy County Executive Tatum Fox said, adding the county has been trying to hire more correction officers, but has had difficulty recruiting.
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