An interesting pair of stories

[tombogan03884]

2 local news stories that combine to make you shake your head.
First,
http://www.corrections.com/news/article/30064-new-warden-to-be-sworn-in-in-february

New Warden to be Sworn-in in February
By New Hampshire Department of Corrections
Published: 01/24/2012

(Concord, NH) New Hampshire Department of Corrections William L. Wrenn announced that Edward Reilly of Eaton, New Hampshire, will be sworn in as the new Warden of the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility (NCF) in Berlin on February 6, 2012. The Executive Council approved of the nomination on January 11, 2012. The brief swearing in ceremony will take place at the Commissioner’s office in Concord.

Warden-Elect Eaton is a Subject Matter Expert on Correctional Matters with the Office of Detention Policy and Planning for Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was previously the Facility Director of the Varick Federal Detention Center in New York and the Sheriff of the Nassau County Correctional Center. Prior to that appointment he worked for the New York City Department of Correction in many capacities beginning in 1972.

Warden-Elect Reilly is a graduate of Fordham University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. He also holds a Masters of Education/Curriculum and a Teaching degree and is currently a candidate for a Masters in English Literature degree at Queens College in New York.

Commissioner Wrenn said, “Mr. Reilly has a proven record of dedicated involvement and professionalism in the field of Corrections.”

NCF is a medium-minimum security prison that houses approximately 600 male inmates and employs 160 staff. It began operations in 2000.

It was immediately followed by this story

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E2DE1530F934A25751C1A9629C8B63

Audit Reveals Glaring Mismanagement at Nassau Jail
By PATRICK O'GILFOIL HEALY
Published: December 17, 2004

   
An audit by the Nassau County comptroller has revealed soaring overtime costs and chronic mismanagement at the county's jail, prompting some county legislators to demand that the sheriff step down or be fired.

The audit, released on Thursday morning, found that overtime costs at the Nassau County Correctional Center had nearly doubled over four years, to $20 million in 2003 from $10.3 million in 2000. Last year, 32 correction officers earned more than $50,000 each in overtime pay.

The audit directly rebuked the sheriff, Edward Reilly, his undersheriff and a deputy undersheriff for racking up thousands of hours of compensatory time, apparently in violation of county regulations. Nassau rules prohibit the officers from receiving comp time unless there are ''extraordinary circumstances.'' Since 2000, Sheriff Reilly authorized his own overtime and claimed 266 compensatory days as payment for extra work, the audit found. Sidney Head, the deputy undersheriff, claimed 330 comp days. John Maguire, the undersheriff, claimed 253.

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[kmitch200]

Sheriff Reilly authorized his own overtime and claimed 266 compensatory days

Nice work if you can get it....

[Timothy]

I'm not defending this at all but if those 266 total days were in lieu of pay over 11 years with the department it doesn't seem so much!

That is, if he was working an additional 200 hours a year.  I've worked for one employer where I put in well over 500 hours annually in unpaid overtime.  Keeping it in that light, it's not so dramatic.

my .02...

[CJS3]

Hey, he needed another job. Where else would someone with a teaching degree and a Masters of English Lit candidate work? 

[tombogan03884]

I'm not defending this at all but if those 266 total days were in lieu of pay over 11 years with the department it doesn't seem so much!

That is, if he was working an additional 200 hours a year.  I've worked for one employer where I put in well over 500 hours annually in unpaid overtime.  Keeping it in that light, it's not so dramatic.

my .02...

Tim, that was in 4 years, the story was originally run in '04 but was rerun today.

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[Timothy]

Tim, that was in 4 years, the story was originally run in '04 but was rerun today.

That changes the math considerably!  Pretty tough to justify 67 days off a year regardless of how much overtime he worked...