Corrections Bureau Budget Bumped Up for Mental, Medical Health

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Corrections Bureau Budget Bumped Up for Mental, Medical Health

The Bureau of Corrections anticipates a sharp bump up in its budget and hopes to hire more mental health, medical and social work professionals and make progress staffing a big backlog of vacant guard and staff positions.

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