In a recent e-mail Sheriff Gualtieri stated there is no money for an 8 hour shift in one of the jail's 3 divisions.

The jail ran just fine on 8 hour shifts since it was opened in 1980. The money was always there. When 12 hour shifts were implemented due to budget constraints a significant amount of money was saved. Now that the budget is back in good shape where did the money which was supposed to go back in the jail budget go? If the money isn't there, where is it and why does Gualtieri refuse to put it back in the jail budget so we can return to 8 hour shifts like it has been for decades? What about the money saved when patrol went to 12 hour shifts? Why can't that money be used to fund 8 hour shifts at the jail?

Gualtieri is all about money and doesn't give a damn about the health and well being of the detention deputies and their familes. If Gualtieri and his executive staff were forced to work 12 hour shifts with alternating days off they would not like it, especially if they worked in the jail. What a miserable and self-centered arrogant SOB he is for forcing this 12 hour shift crap on his detention deputies. No wonder turnover is increasing because nobody wants to work there.