Roger Hannigan Gilson reports in the Times Union that correction officers and other employees of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision make up only 15 percent of the state workforce. But a report released this week by New York Inspector General Lucy Lang found that they make up 44 percent of the workers’ compensation fraud cases since 2010 in the state. The report concluded that workers' compensation benefits for correction officers created incentives for fraud. Currently corrections officers get up to six months of medical leave at 100 percent pay for on-the-job injuries. According to the report, the benefit “provides a monetary incentive to DOCCS correction officers across the State to abuse the workers’ compensation system.” The report found that one day last December, eight correctional facilities had at least 10 percent of their entire security staff out on workers' compensation leave. NYS Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association spokesperson James Miller said the union "hasn't had the opportunity to fully review the report, so we're reserving comment at this time." Read more about this story in the Times Union.