… knees when thousands of people who took an oath of office to protect the incarcerated population and by extension their communities walked off the jobs. I'm still paying for that. We are spending an enormous amount of money to backfill the people who left their jobs [in the prison system]. left the people unprotected, left not just the incarcerated population but, but fellow union workers who are working in the infirmary or working in the kitchens and others who had non law enforcement roles. (34:11–34:17)
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Asserts that significant funds are being spent to replace workers who left their jobs in the prison system.
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