{"id":26924,"date":"2023-10-03T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/03\/corrections-officers-at-8-federal-prisons-cleared-for-pay-boosts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:05","slug":"corrections-officers-at-8-federal-prisons-cleared-for-pay-boosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2023\/10\/03\/corrections-officers-at-8-federal-prisons-cleared-for-pay-boosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrections officers at 8 federal prisons cleared for pay boosts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The White House\u2019s Office of Personnel Management approved retention bonuses<\/a> for federal prison officers and non-custody workers in four states last week, with more bonuses potentially to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Justice, which includes the Bureau of Prisons, requested a 25% retention bonus for employees at eight facilities in California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, the bureau announced it was looking into ways to retain corrections officers amid a shortage of workers and complaints from employees<\/a> of untenable overtime schedules and increased safety concerns on the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Associated Press found nearly a third of federal correctional officer positions were vacant<\/a> in 2021, and staffing overall has dropped 20% in the last seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur correctional officers and support staff are overworked, underpaid and putting themselves in harms\u2019 way every time they go to work,\u201d said Brandy Moore White, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees council 33, in a statement<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cThese retention bonuses will encourage more of our employees to stay on the job and will help the agency\u2019s recruitment efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\t