DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SLASHES FEDERAL CORRECTION OFFICER'S PAY BY 25% JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THOMSON, Ill., Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 4070 is sounding the alarm and urging the DOJ and Bureau of Prisons to reverse the decision to slash pay for correctional officers and staff at FCI Thomson in Illinois.
- "The Bureau of Prisons notified us on Monday that this year's Christmas present from the Department of Justice would be a 25% pay cut effective December 31st," states AFGE Local President Jon Zumkehr.
- FCI Thomson is currently operating nearly 20% short of the officers that it needs, according to current DOJ authorizations.
- In 2023 a new Warden was appointed after FCI Thomson was downgraded due to rampant sexual assaults and violent attacks by inmates against officers.
- President Zumkehr continued, "We house some of our nation's most dangerous and violent federal inmates.