Many never got to be off from work. Nobody in the prisons were furloughed. In fact, the State never stopped transferring inmates from Rikers or other lockups during the lockdown, and that's what caused the spread of the virus to the staff at all of those places.
“...Nobody in the prisons were furloughed.”
Not exactly true. The only civilian activity that was not cut was medical, maintenance and food service. Of course COs were not affected, naturally. All teachers, vocational instructors, most counselors, SORCS, ORCS, clergy, and at least half the clerical staff, and most corecraft people were gone. With pay. While those of us left had to show up for work each day and use our vacation or sick time if we missed any time. The Hill felt like a ghost town for about three months.