Jon Franklin Corrections officer

WPTF Afternoon News by WPTF FM 92.9 AM 680

Episode notes

As the government shutdown lingers on, it isn’t the first time that federal workers in North Carolin have had to deal with uncertainty. In 2018, there was a shutdown that impacted thousands of workers across North Carolina. Jon Franklin worked as a corrections officer at the prison in Butner and dealt with weeks of financial uncertainty. He joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the difficult period and how it impacts federal workers now.