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“In other words, members of the supervisory staff should work ‘down’ and man posts for this 24/7 operation, including weekends and holidays,” the letter states. “A reasonable person, such as an experienced warden, would mandate such occurrences but apparently such course of action has either been simply neglected and/or intentionally avoided.” County Commissioners Director Joseph Derella responded that Alterman was being “disingenuous” about how staff assignments are made and is trying to pit two unions against each other. “As an experienced labor relations attorney, Stuart Alterman is well aware that the Cumberland County Department of Corrections does not have discretion to reassign superior officers, who are members of the Fraternal Order of Police, without going through a mandated negotiation process,” Derella stated. ....
The negotiated agreement won immediate praise from an obviously pleased Hillman, who called it a win-win. Ultimately, I think I m going to take the view that this reflects a good faith effort by the county, whatever mistakes may have been made in the past, to move forward and put in place the best jail the county can run under the difficult circumstances we all face, Hillman said. And I think having a monitor here makes a lot of sense in trying to achieve that goal. Ultimately, it also reflects, I think, a reasonable perspective from the plaintiffs, Hillman said. I was struck a couple of times how some of the complaint forms or even in the testimony a prisoner would say, I know this is a jail but. And I think this will go a long way addressing the buts, the things that arise that have caused concern. ....