By Jennifer Liberto
With the state budget tightening, 66 Department of Corrections probation officers lost their jobs last week.
The layoffs targeted those with less than a year of service and represented a 3 percent reduction in the probation officer force statewide, including 22 in South Florida. The cuts, made Thursday, stemmed from last year's cuts in the prison system's budget, which faces a $28 million hole in its balance sheet.
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