Officers: Detention Officers

officers: Federal regulators had said 122 "detention officers" who monitored immigrant detainees were wrongly classified as "operations counsellors ."Detention officers made $30.97 an hour, according to Metro News. Counselors made $11.29 an hour.CEC says it feels the employees worked under a collective bargaining agreement and didn't have the duties or skill sets of "detention officers."County officials say they're happy an amicable resolution was reached. The U.S. Labor Department says in a statement dated Sept. 29 that Essex County and Community Education Center, Inc. paid workers at Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark lower wages than is legally required.CEC provides re-entry and in-detention treatment services. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.