Friday, December 31, 2010

Unlocking a door can be hard work

In fact, at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois it can lead to "repetitive trauma" and that can earn one a workmen's compensation insurance award. In the past three years 230 guards, about one-quarter of the work force at the prison, have submitted claims that they have developed carpal tunnel syndrome by opening and closing locks on the cell doors.

The prison has to be a tough place to work. In the past three years more than half of the staff have collected workmen's compensation. More than $10,000,000 has been paid, including $75,678 to the warden.

Should these members of the prison staff become inmates of the prison?

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