Correctional Officers have a long and tough 12 hour shift on the best of days, but this past weekend some of them worked 48 to 60 hours at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary without complaint, says NAPE President Jerry Earle.

Patience is essential in this storm cleanup and that is exactly what he has seen when it comes to the work they put in over the past five days.

He says they were not given the go-ahead right away like the healthcare workers, but they had employees who wanted to come relieve their coworkers.

Earle indicates it is common for officers to work a double shift and even then they do not get the recognition they deserve.

This situation was different, but he says the temperatures inside the walls of the prison were pretty average considering the circumstances.

The environment at HMP on the best of days is extremely challenging, and Earle states that he heard that the correctional officers stepped up and worked through the conditions for the storm.