U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said in a statement the pay increase will “help address severe staffing shortages” in these facilities. Durbin also mentioned that due to staffing shortages, non-custodial staff have to perform routine correctional officer duties like augmentation.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Don’t ever regularly do someone else’s job unless you are want it to become part of your job.