California prison system lucrative for corrections workers

The Orange County Register reports:

Corrections has been roundly condemned by reformers, federal courts and state lawmakers as poor performing and ineffective at rehabilitation. But the department has the most state employees who received more than $100,000 in 2009, the most receiving more than $200,000, the most receiving more than $300,000, the most receiving more than $400,000, the most receiving more than $500,000 and was tied for the most receiving more than $600,000 (one, equal to the State Compensation Insurance Fund).