MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is implementing a new overtime policy as it deals with a shortage of correctional officers. Corrections officials say overtime will be assigned on a rotation system instead of forcing the newest officers to work those shifts when no one else has volunteered. Veteran guards and sergeants will now be assigned overtime. Corrections Secretary Ed Wall recently put the policy into effect, saying it will make prisons safer and would be fairer to all guards. Wall in a memo said it would cut down on fatigue caused by multiple days of overtime for some employees. The staffing shortage at Wisconsin prisons is acute with one in 10 security positions open.
