The layoffs primarily involve employees who work with the Department of Correction’s inmate care program. Fewer workers are needed to provide healthcare services to the prison population due to a sharp decline in the number of inmates in recent years, according to the report.
The governor’s administration and the Connecticut Legislature are working to eliminate the $922 million deficit the state faces for fiscal year 2017, according to the report.
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