Briefing Taxation crisis: The pain of civil servants taking home just one-third of their salariesBy NLM CorrespondentOctober 3, 2023 Out of 31,892 prison service officers, 13,661 (42.83 percent) earn less than one-third of their basic salary. In disciplined services, out of 106,667 officers, 51,784 (48.55 percent) fall into the same category.