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Michael F. Easley
Governor
Theodis Beck
Secretary
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Pamela Walker
Public Information Director
February /March 2002
North Carolina Department of Correction . 214 W. Jones Street, Raleigh NC 27603 . (919) 716-3700
Officers find many benefits,
few drawbacks in 12-hour shifts
SPRUCE PINE— When Avery-
Mitchell and Albemarle Correctional
Institutions opened, the correctional
officers signed up to work 12-hour shifts
instead of the
traditional eight-hour
workday. Since that
time, nearly 30
facilities operate on
1 2-hour shifts or are
in the process of
converting.
Department studies
and employee
surveys show that
the 12-hour schedule
results in advantages for both the
employees and the individual facilities.
“We did a series of comparisons
between the 12-hour shift and the eight-
hour shifts in areas such as vacation and
sick leave usage, overtime costs, attrition
and even job satisfaction,” says Tammy
Penny, social research associate in the
Office of Human Services Testing and
Research (HSTR).
“In all of the areas we
reviewed, the 12-hour
shift beat the eight-
hour shift hands
down.”
Employees on the
12-hour shift know
their schedules as
much as a year in
advance. A typical
employee on a 12-
hour shift works 14 days out of a 28-
day cycle, versus 20 days out of a 28-
day cycle for an eight-hour employee. A
12-hour shift schedule provides the
NCCIW runner
on the road to victory
RALEIGH— Sarah Llaguno’s 90-
pound, 5-foot-3 inch frame belies her
powers on the marathon course. Sarah
began running at age 1 5 and ran her first
race in 1983 while in prep school. At
West Point, she ran
on the cross-country
team and started
running marathons.
“I started with
shorter 5K races and
eventually got into
marathons,” said
Llaguno. “After a
while, I decided I
liked the longer distances.”
Llaguno has inn the Marine Corps
Marathon several times, a Los Angeles
Marathon and the Raleigh Road Race,
placing third in the Women’s Open
Division. That qualified her for the 2001
Boston Marathon, which she ran in 3
hours and 15 minutes. In December,
she was the second woman to cross the
finish line in Raleigh’s marathon, with a
time of 2 hours, 5 1 minutes.
Llaguno trains in the early mornings
before she heads to work at North
Carolina Correctional Institution for
Women, where she is a case analyst in
the diagnostic center. Most days she
puts in 12 miles before work. On her
off days, there’s usually one longer inn
of about 20 miles and a recovery day
when she takes it easy — only six to
nine miles.
Llaguno’s goal for 2002 is to win
(Runner, cont. on page 12)
(12-Hour Shifts, cont. on page 2)
Ola Caldwell named Employee of the Year
serves on the
Foothills Fitness
RALEIGH— On Dec. 12,
Secretary Theodis Beck named
Ola Caldwell as the Department
of Correction’s Employee of
the Year.
Caldwell, an administrative
secretary at Foothills
Correctional Institution in
Morganton, is active in many
programs inside the prison and
in her community. At work, she
participates in volunteer
appreciation activities, raises
money for Special Olympics and
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Committee. In her
community,
Caldwell
volunteers at Grace
Hospital, where
she operates the
gift shop and
serves as a
member of the
Grace Hospital
Guild. She is a
member of the Red Cross board of
0 Caldwell , cont. on page 1 2)
Secretary Theodis Beck recog¬
nized Ola Caldwell as the 2001
Employee of the Year on Dec. 12.
Correctional officers Aaron Peterson and
Brenda Metcalf both find
пишу
benefits to
the 1 2 -hour sh ift sched ule.
Sarah Llaguno
