WORKERS COMPENSATION, FORCED OVERTIME, JOB CLASSIFICATION

It seems as if three things are going on at Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, Connecticut. First of all, at least thirteen Youth Service Officers from second shift (2pm-11:10pm) are out on Workers Compensation due to some injury. This might be the norm in a facility where restraining incarcerated youth occurs daily. However, all thirteen people are riding around in a van outside CJTS property for hours and this is called light duty. Second of all, because thirteen people are on light duty there is a need for bodies to fill in for those injured. This has caused management at CJTS to force other YSOs to work another shift; at this juncture forced overtime is falling on first shift workers (6am-3:10pm). Sources indicate three times this week first shift has been forced to work longer hours; is this forced overtime a safety issue? How long can people be forced to work before lapses of judgment occur or injuries mount? CJTS management in their wisdom see nothing wrong with thirteen people ridng in a van due to  Workers Compenstaion or continually forcing employees to work extra shifts in a highly stressful situation (dealing with incarcerated males ages 12-18 years old). Thirdly, -and this needs explaining- CJTS management has called into service during this lack of YSO power CJTS clinicians. You read correctly, clinicians are being asked to work in the place of YSOs. Does this shifting of clinicians to do YSO work take people out of their job classification? What about clinicians who sit in offices all day getting minds right, now being asked to engage in possible physical restraints? But here is the best part of this story, the clinicians received emails stating there would be overtime pay for working with YSOs. CJTS management then sent an email reading, clinicians would now get a comp day instead of overtime pay. After this second email all six clinicians withdrew their names from working with YSOs during this crisis. In my opinion CJTS management places everyone in harmful position due to needing bodies.
Wait. Listen to this. People on first shift do not want to be forced to work and are taking earned time off (leaving early) in order to avoid being made to work.
Well now you  know the latest saga on the DCF Plantation.
In the words of one masked man, "hi yo Silver- away."