Over Time Costs Skyrocket At Jail

By: Melissa deCordova

NORWICH – More corrections officers are working overtime at the Chenango County Jail on Upper Ravine Road due to multiple personnel issues and inmates who require more supervision.

Chenango County Sheriff Ernest Cutting said work service projects in the community would be curtailed as a result.

Cutting has requested permission to transfer $75,000 from the part-time line item in his budget for a “temporary fix” to over-time. He began the year with $225,000 in overtime.

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