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BULLETIN: MDOC announces the closure of Detroit Reentry Center

Posted on September 22, 2020 in Advocacy News, Membership News by Anita Lloyd

MDOC has announced the closure of the Detroit Reentry Center, tentatively scheduled for January 2021. MCO leaders were notified this afternoon. DRC’s closure will be part of a budget deal, […]

Email your legislators to tell them Director Washington needs to go

Posted on September 4, 2020 in Advocacy News, Membership News, Uncategorized by Anita Lloyd

Push back against MDOC’s understaffing – Informational pickets scheduled for Detroit, Jackson, Marquette

Posted on September 1, 2020 in Advocacy News, Membership News by Anita Lloyd

For several years, Michigan prisons have been mismanaged by the Department of Corrections administration, resulting in dangerous working conditions for Corrections Officers that the MDOC is unwilling or unable to […]

Informational Picket in Muskegon on Friday, Aug. 28 will shine spotlight on unsafe staffing levels

Posted on August 25, 2020 in Uncategorized by Anita Lloyd

The Muskegon Correctional Facility and the Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon are prime examples of state prisons in Michigan that have unsafe Corrections Officer staffing levels. For a period of […]

Calling all MCO retirees and soon-to-be retirees! Join us Sept. 12

Posted on August 14, 2020 in Membership News by Anita Lloyd

Join us for a special picnic Sept. 12 in Lansing to kick off our Retiree Steering Committee. Everyone who retired as an MCO member, and current members looking forward to […]

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