CHRISTMAS FORECAST MOMENTS AWAY. LOOKING FORWARD TO COME BACK TO YOU NEW AT 10 MORE PROBLEMS INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS THIS TIME WITH BONUSES FOR STAFF. LAST NIGHT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A VIOLENT BEATING ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA INSIDE THE CONNER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. >> AT NO POINT IN THAT VIDEO GUARD STEPPED IN TO HELP. IT'S ONE OF A FEW INCIDENTS. ACTUALLY. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT INVOLVING VIOLENCE IN JAILS EARLIER THIS MONTH. STATE REPRESENTATIVE JJ HUMPHREY TOLD US THE RISE IN VIOLENCE COULD PARTIALLY BE BLAMED ON STAFFING ISSUES. AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TOLD US IT WAS DOING EVERYTHING IT COULD TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES THAT INCLUDED $1500 BONUS FOR SOME STAFF TO BE PAID OUT THIS MONTH. BUT SOME SAY THE LOGIC BEHIND WHO GOT RAISES AND WHO DIDN'T JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WE'VE GOT NEWS FOR US. CAN A DAILY ON. HE'S WITH US TATER. SO YOU SPOKE REPRESENT HUMPHRIES TODAY. THAT VIDEO WE SAW YESTERDAY HE SPOKE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL AS IS REALLY EMOTIONAL VIDEO. HEARING THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE JOE. SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHAT'S THE ISSUE? WELL, IT WAS, I MEAN, AS YOU SAW YESTERDAY, AS THE VIEWERS SAW YESTERDAY, A LOT OF SADNESS BETWEEN FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON BOTH MEN THAT I SPOKE WITH TODAY TELL ME THAT THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE CHRISTMAS BONUS OR STIPEND, A WAS FLAWED, BUT THEY DO WORRY THE BIGGEST WORRY THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SIGN OF PROBLEMS WITH THE OKLAHOMA'S PRISON SYSTEM.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BEEN A GREAT MORALE BOOSTER FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. UNFORTUNATELY, TURNED OUT TO RIGHT THE OPPOSITE FOR MANY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS STRUGGLED WITH HIRING NEW STAFF IN KEEPING CURRENT EMPLOYEES, ADVOCATES AND STATE LAWMAKERS ARE VOICING THEIR CONCERNS OVER HOW THE DEPARTMENT DECIDED WHO GOT A BONUS THIS YEAR. AND WHO DID IS DID A GIVEN THAT OUT ACROSS THE BOARD, THEY DECIDED TO GIVE IT TO WHOEVER PAST THEIR VALUATION. AND THEN THEY STARTED A VALUATION PROCESS THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT A ONE-TIME BONUS OF EITHER 1500 OR $2000 WAS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SOME GUYS HAD BEEN WORKING FOR ALMOST A 10 15 YEARS. >> HAD HAD NOT HAD ANY TYPE OF DISCIPLINE, NO RECORDS ANY THINKING. NO PROBLEMS. HE DIDN'T GET IT.
HE ASK WHY THEY WOULD TELLING ANY VALUATION GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES. BUT ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY IN CLEVELAND, NOT A PROPER WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXCEEDED. >> 2 HAD MET STANDARDS ARE NOW BEING TOLD THEY DON'T MEET STANDARDS, BUT THEY THEY'RE BEING DENIED ANY KIND OF THING BACK ON WHY THEY DON'T MEET STANDARDS. WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND VALUATIONS ARGUES TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME BETTER EMPLOYEES. HUMPHREY SAYS THE STIPEND WAS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THEY ARE HAVING WITH STAFF SHORTAGES BUT NOT DOING IT RIGHT IS GOING TO COST THEM NOW. WHAT THEY SHOW >> IS THAT DON'T YOU WANT READ IT. ABOUT EMPLOYEES AND MANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. GOING TO QUIT OVER OVER THIS KIND OF WHICH WOULD PUT THE STAFF AND INMATES IN AN EVEN MORE UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT THAN IT ALREADY IS.
PUTS INMATES AT A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. >> AND THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO KEEP THOSE INMATES SAFE. THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO MAKE IT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. IT'S NOT SITE. >> NOW, DYLAN, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR COMMENT. THEY DID GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT OF WHAT KIND OF HAS BEEN GOING ON ON THE TALKS THAT MANY OTHER AGENCIES IN OKLAHOMA ACTUALLY USE THIS SAME PROCESS FOR BASED ON YEARLY STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS ALL THE INFO THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US BECAUSE THE REQUEST WAS MADE LATE ON HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BUT OF COURSE, WE'LL CONTINUE .