State furlough list grows ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - The number of furloughed state employees is growing.

Georgia's budget crunch means furloughs for more than 6 thousand workers at the State Department of Corrections.

Those employees will have to take a day off with out pay in March, April, May and June. It's part of a plan the department submitted to Governor Perdue last year. His office recently approved it. Kristen Stancil is a Corrections spokesperson.

STANCIL: "We were asked to cut 6 percent of our budget and this is one of the things that we decided to do. We've cut in other areas and this is one of the extra things we felt we needed to do to help get to that 6 percent that he requested we cut."

The furloughs could cut up to 4 and a half million dollars from Corrections' budget. Not all department staff will have to take 4 days. Security staff will only take 2 because of safety concerns.

Corrections is just one state department furloughing workers. At least 5 others have been doing the same. © Copyright 2012, WABE