20-05-2025
Correctional officers union pays for billboards calling out West Virginia politicians
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — A union council that represents thousands of correctional officers (COs) across the country has started a billboard campaign 'targeting members of Congress for failing to support law enforcement officers,' including a few representatives from West Virginia.
The American Federation of Government Employees' (AFGE) Council of Prison Locals is launching the billboards in opposition to President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14251. According to a press release, the council thinks that some members of congress are turning their back on law enforcement by supporting the order, which removes collective bargaining rights for some federal employees, including in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
The billboards call out 10 Republican representatives by name, saying 'Stop attacking law enforcement, reject Executive Order 14251.' Among the representatives being named are West Virginia's Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R) and Rep. Riley Moore (R).
Both Capito and Moore have been vocal supporters of President Trump. Capito has also spoken out repeatedly in favor of reform and hiring incentives to fix problems in the federal prison system, especially relating to Federal Corrections Institution (FCI) Hazelton in Preston County, West Virginia.
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'It's been disappointing how many members of Congress who have worked with us for years have turned their backs on us to move on an agenda that certainly does not align with the previous working relationship we maintained,' Council of Prison Locals President Brandy Moore White said in the release.
The group is asking the named congressional members to reject Executive Order 14251 and to protect law enforcement and BOP benefits in federal budgets.
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