Overtime Pay Rising In Understaffed Maryland Prison System

Associated Press, Washington Post: Local
Sat, 01/18/2020 - 9:34am

Overtime for Maryland prison workers has increased for yet another fiscal year amid what state lawmakers and union officials say is a staffing crisis

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