City cuts ties with corrections labor, citing poor attendance

  • Palatka Mayor Terrill Hill, center, talks about the city’s mowing contract with the Florida Department of Corrections during Thursday’s Palatka City Commission meeting.
    Palatka Mayor Terrill Hill, center, talks about the city’s mowing contract with the Florida Department of Corrections during Thursday’s Palatka City Commission meeting.
Palatka is looking to pivot away from prison labor by terminating its contract with the state Department of Corrections for maintenance, city commissioners decided Thursday night. Inmates were…

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