IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa prison and parole supervisors who were laid off under former Gov. Chet Culver's administration have been paid nearly $500,000 in back pay and counting after a state panel ruled their firings were improper, records show.
The largest payout was to James Twedt, a senior parole judge who was paid $205,000 in back salary and benefits and reinstated to his job Dec. 5, according to data obtained by The Associated Press under the open records law.
After Twedt was laid off in March 2010, he practiced law in his hometown of Roland, north of Des Moines. The 25-year state employee said Tuesday he made no apologies for accepting the taxpayer-funded back pay and that he was glad to be back overseeing parole revocation hearings for the state.
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