Statewide Iowa — The Iowa Department of Corrections is continuing to try and find ways to hire new people to work in the state’s prisons.
Corrections director Beth Skinner recently told the Board of Corrections they are working on retention too.
She says they have talked with other state agencies to get ideas to adjust the hiring process.
Skinner says they still need nurses but have found the competition tough even when they offer a three-thousand dollar incentive.
Skinner says they have better benefits but that isn’t an incentive to some.
She says that’s an issue in some cases with corrections officers as Nebraska is offering a $15,000 sign-on bonus.
