Tax dollars at work: Bay Area’s $803,000-a-year prison shrink

He’s Dr. Mohammad Safi, 54, of Newark, who commutes down to Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County to go to work. And despite earning big bucks on the taxpayers’ dime—including $503,000 in 2011 for “on call” pay—he’s in trouble. He’s just been suspended for allegedly falsifying time sheets, the Mercury News says.