Wisconsin Department Of Corrections:  $50M In OT Pay

Staffing vacancies at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections are blamed for the payment of 50-million dollars in overtime pay last year.  That’s seven-million dollars more than the state paid in 2016.  Nearly 700 correctional officer positions were vacant last year.  That’s about 15 percent of the total staff.  A Wisconsin unemployment rate of below three-percent makes it difficult to fill the openings, according to a department spokesperson.