Understaffing and double shifts of forced overtime are raising safety and security concerns at the Allegheny County Jail.
The jail’s 350-plus corrections officers rack up the most overtime of any operation in county government — $15 million last year, with several making more than $100,000 in overtime alone.
It’s good money, but due to understaffing, the officers need to work it whether they want to or not, and union head Brian Englert says that’s led to sleep-deprived officers who are less ready to deal with potentially violent situations…