The Alabama Department of Corrections is ramping up its recruiting and retention efforts.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Starting Thursday, March 16th, ADOC will raise the starting pay for correctional officer trainees.“I think for about eight quarters, we’ve had a decline in correctional officer staffing. But I think this last quarter if I’m correct, it leveled off. That was encouraging that it just leveled off,” ADOC Commissioner John Hamm.
”This is something that we’re excited about. In the tight labor market we are in, we need to be competitive with other law enforcement entities. And this makes us competitive,” said Hamm.$55,855 at MAXIMUM SECURITY FACILITIESA 27% increase will be available after just 18 months.“We’re going to be attractive to high school graduates, [those with] associates [degrees], and also [those with] four-year degrees.
“We have to retain the ones we have. Because of this new pay plan, we can hire 500, but if we lose 500, then it absolutely does nothing. So we’re concentrating on the wellness of our current employees,” said Hamm.
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