Michigan Corrections Organization urges Governor Whitmer to activate National Guard for staffing shortages in prisons.

The Michigan Corrections Organization, representing state corrections officers, has called for Governor Gretchen Whitmer to activate the National Guard to assist with staffing shortages. The union sent a letter detailing issues such as exhaustion, 16-hour overtime shifts every week, and a decline in working conditions under Whitmer's governorship. The organization claims that prisons are being run with less than the required number of officers, leading to unsafe prisoner-to-officer ratios.

July 03, 2024
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