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Vote Results for Classification Seniority

Optional wear for vest side letter

Attached is the side letter making it optional to wear a vest.  It makes it clear that if the member requests a vest it will be optional to wear for this vest.  If management withdraws from this agreement this vest will still be optional.  View Click here…

Pennsylvania inmates and correctional officers share a common pain: suicide

Pennsylvania Capital-Star By Elizabeth Hardison -August 13, 2019 A corrections officer at Camp Hill prison in Cumberland County was making an evening security check on June 2 when he found Carlton Madden, a 41-year-old Steelton resident, unconscious in his cell. Prison medical staff pronounced Madden dead that evening, and the Pennsylvania State Police launched an investigation. His …

Information on Protective Vests

Management asked the PSCOA if we would entertain a side letter to make the wearing of the vests optional because they are looking into buying a vest for every DOC employee and currently our contract says that if they provide us a vest the vest must be worn. That side letter has not been signed …

Letter to the membership

Main Office Update I hope everyone is well. We wanted to give everyone an update on some things that are being worked on at the main office.. Reminder: The contract survey will be mailed 07/31/19. You should receive this survey within three to five days. Please take the time to fill out the survey so …

State Corrections Officers Association calls for investigation into parole system

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association (PSCOA) has called on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to hold hearings and investigate a growing number of murders being committed by former state prison inmates released on parole. Last year alone, parolees committed 93 murders, according to a recent story by the Associated Press. “Recent murder cases …