Layoff News report / possibly 140 Officers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California prison officials have sent layoff notices to 545 employees, including 140 guards, as the inmate population declines to comply with a federal court order.


Corrections officials said Friday there are 14,000 fewer inmates than four months ago, when a new law began sending those convicted of lower-level offenses to county jails instead of state prisons.

Federal judges, in an order backed by the U.S. Supreme Court, gave the state two years to reduce its prison population by 33,000 inmates to improve medical care. The population peaked at 162,000 in 2006.

The layoffs will take effect Feb. 29, although some of those affected can transfer to other prisons that have vacancies.

Another round of layoffs is planned this fall. Officials could not say how many notices will go out then.

CDCR layoff letters are going out!

Late this afternoon a conference call went out to all Institutions. The subject matter was lay off notices:


Close to 600 layoff letters will mailed out to CDCR employees tomorrow. A few officers will be given an opportunity to opt into a few remaining PICO positions throughout the state. The effective layoff date will be February 29, 2012.



January 26, 2012

WHAT TO DO IF YOU RECEIVE A LAYOFF NOTICE


Bargaining Unit 6 employees subject to layoff should anticipate receiving a layoff notice soon, perhaps as early as Friday, January 27, 2012. If you receive a layoff notice and you believe you have reasons to contest your layoff due to errors in your seniority score, the form of the notice, or the layoff procedure itself, contact our CCPOA field representative, Corey Davis, immediately so that your case can be evaluated in a timely manner. Corey Davis can be reached by calling our Sacramento Office at (800) 821- 6443 or (916) 372-6060.

CCPOA has negotiated a FINAL TRANSFER PROCESS in WAVE 1 before layoffs will occur for Correctional Officers. This will allow one final opportunity for a Correctional Officer to relocate prior to the occurrence of a layoff. We highly encourage employees to participate in the process and avoid this outcome. Notices and bid forms offering PICO positions at 7 institutions will be sent to impacted Correctional Officers by CDCR. These institutions include CAL, CEN, COR, HDSP, KVSP, PBSP, and SVSP.Staff that are awarded selections during this Final Opportunity will be afforded 3 days of ATO and the option of using up to 10 days of leave credits to facilitate moving. During this final opportunity, CDCR will not offer per diem.

CCPOA continues, through its central and individual institutional resources, to work to alleviate the reach and impact of layoffs resulting from AB 109.

GREAT NEWS OFFICER ROB MCGOWAN

Sentence Overturned For Chino Prison Guard




A federal appeals court panel has overturned the sentence of a former guard convicted of abusing two shackled inmates at Chino Institute for Men.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that 42-year-old Robert McGowan was deprived of due process when a judge relied on an inmate's allegations as the basis for the four-y...ear sentence imposed.

McGowan has served 19 months.

A jury in October 2007 found McGowan guilty of inflicting cruel and unusual punishment by throwing two shackled inmates to the ground, but a month later the verdict was overturned.

The appeals panel found there was enough evidence for the jury to conclude that McGowan attacked the prisoners in 2002 and had intended to harm them.

The appeals panel ordered a re-sentencing for McGowan.

Calling all LE Brothers CIM Mud Run

From the folks that Brought you the Gonzalez Run/Walk, CIM will be hosting a Law Enforcement/ Hero's 1st Annual CIM Mud Run.  This will be all about honoring the courage of our Brothers!  This will be a social event bringing friends and families together.

Stay tune for dates and times.  Start getting your teams together, we encourage you to represent your Facility and win Best LE Mud Run Team.

CCPOA getting a interest free loan from Taxpayers

California's prison officers union is getting a loan from taxpayers – interest-free – to settle a multimillion-dollar debt it owes the state.


The deal sealed on Wednesday closes the books on what the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said was at least $4.5 million the California Correctional Peace Officers Association owed for wages and benefits paid to CCPOA leaders while they were away from their state jobs tending to union business.

CCPOA, which represents about 30,000 correctional and parole officers, refused to settle the so-called "union paid leave" tab that has been running since 2005, saying it was being overcharged.

Talks broke down a few times, so the departments and the Schwarzenegger administration hauled CCPOA into court in 2010.

The case was mired there when Gov. Jerry Brown took office last year and tapped former CCPOA attorney Ron Yank to head the Department of Personnel Administration, which was handling the litigation.  Months of quiet talks between the state and the union produced a deal that reduces the debt to $3.5 million – "the state's bookkeeping problems are credible," Yank said – with an initial $750,000 cash payment due next week.  CCPOA must make a $250,000 payment by Jan. 31, 2013, and another one year later. Those installments can be made in cash or by liquidating hours in a leave bank stocked with vacation time that union members donated years ago.

Then CCPOA must make annual $350,000 payments until the account is settled. There's no financing charge. Late payments carry a 10 percent penalty.

In other words, if you start the clock at 2005 and figure the debt won't be paid until 2021, the state has agreed to a 16-year, interest-free loan to subsidize CCPOA's business

CIM is different!

Why is it every time someone new comes on board at CIM, they think they can change it into a modern 270 design.  CIM is that old house in the neighborhood, that is unique and has to be cared for differently.  It's not that "cookie cutter" housing track were all the homes look the same.

So the point I'm making is that while a 270 prison can have certain staffing packages, CIM"s unique design, sometime calls for a different staffing packages.  Yes, we know that a 270 on 1/W can be staffed with minimal staffing levels.  Remember we can't even "deadlock" a housing unit, and put the kids to bed!  CIM is 50% open dorm settings and 50% cell housing.  And our prison spreads across acres, not just one entrance and you either make a left to go down to A/B facilities or a right and go to C/D facilities.  At CIM you literally have to jump in a vehicle to get to the different yards.

The buzz on the yards is that the "new" management team wants to cut more positions on 1/W.  Can someone please re-read the OIG report after the C/O Gonzalez murder, in regards to recommendations on staffing needs!!!  I think when the legislators pushed for AB109, they looked at dollars and not safety and security.


Now Supervisors are going to be asked to not take Holidays, but if you do, you will leave your partners short handed.  There proposing that all Holidays will be internal coverage.  That's funny to me, because the last time I checked Supervisors were not effected by Holidays and or coverage.  We never lost Holiday relief positions, management just used these positions to cover other PY's. 

I hope to have notes from the AB109/CCPOA table being conducted in Sac, that started last week and should end today.  There will be big news announced regarding the layoff notices!!!!!!  Stay tuned for details.

Have a Safe 8

Angels vs Dodgers

CIM Group Night Tickets 2012

Los Angeles Dodgers

vs.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Saturday June 23, 2012

Angels Stadium 4:15PM

Game of the Week

Sponsored by the Chino Valley Employees Association

All seats $23.00 Right Field Pavilion will be reserved to accommodate this event. Shall the best LA team win.

Full cash payment due upon reservation of your tickets no later than January 20, 2012.

Tickets will not be available after deadline

To reserve your tickets contact, G. Pratt Lt. PIO ext.7068, E. Hernandez LT ext 4126, Angela Wirth Personnel Assignments ext 4542.