2/21/25 - Senate Dems - Sen. Shink Meets with Jackson Area Corrections Officers to Hear Concerns

2/18/25 - Detroit News - Labor Voices: Deliver pension reform bills to the governor's desk

1/14/25 - Thumbprint - State Senator Urges Action On Michigan Corrections Officers’ Retirement Bills

1/13/25 - FOX 47 - Michigan Corrections Union say bills are needed to retain and recruit officers

1/13/25 - WZMQ 19 - Bills to introduce pensions for corrections officers held up by House leaders

12/23/24 - Michigan Public - Corrections union says pending pension bills could ease officer shortage

11/26/24 - WCMU - Michigan corrections officers push for state police pension bill as lame duck session nears

11/14/24 - Lansing State Journal - Viewpoint: Michigan prison guards deserve pension benefits like police

11/4/24 - House GOP - House Republicans demand action on corrections officer benefits plan

11/1/24 - Daily Minning Gazette - Corrections Officer pension bills pass in Michigan Senate

10/31/24 - Radio Results Network - Upper Peninsula Senator Supports New Pension Plan For Corrections Officers

10/30/24 - Senate GOP - Damoose supports ‘critical reforms’ to boost MDOC employment, support department workers

10/30/24 - Senate GOP - McBroom supports new pension option for corrections officers

10/30/24 - WCMU - Michigan Senate passes corrections officer retirement plan

10/30/24 - SooLeader - Damoose promotes ‘critical reforms’ to support corrections workers

10/29/24 - The Alpena News - Michigan prison staffing sees high turnover rates

10/11/24 - Gongwer - Santana: Pension System Could Attract New Corrections Workers

10/11/24 - MichMash - Sen. Sylvia Santana on the staffing shortages at Michigan prisons

10/7/24 - Daily Press - Rep. Prestin witnessses assault while touring correctional facility

10/7/24 - The Daily News - Michigan prison staffing sees high turnover rates

10/4/24 - WNMU - Rep. Prestin: Assault while touring correctional facility further illuminates real problems facing staff

10/4/24 - Spartan News Room - Michigan prison staffing sees high turnover rates

10/3/24 - 9 & 10 News - State rep, corrections union president witness assault by prisoner during tour

10/3/24 - TV6 - Rep. Prestin witnesses assault while touring correctional facility, calls for action to improve work conditions

10/3/24 - Radio Results Network - Rep. Prestin Calls For More Officers After Witnessing Prison Assault

9/25/24 - News 3 - Kent County judge, former inmates push for passage of 'Second Look' prison reform bills

9/25/24 - Michigan Public - State prisons can't get enough new recruits

9/5/24 - CBS - Corrections officers protest over staffing at Michigan women's prison

9/5/24 - CBS - Michigan corrections officers call on lawmakers after reports of 16-hour back-to-back shift at women's prison

9/5/24 - Michigan News Source - MDOC Hosts More Hiring Events, Gov. Whitmer Continues to Ignore Staffing Shortages

9/5/24 - ABC 12 - Michigan Department of Corrections is hosting a recruitment event on Thursday | Video | abc12.com

9/4/24 - WCMU - Department of Corrections to host recruitment events across Michigan

9/4/24 - WILX 10 - Michigan Department of Corrections hosting job fairs to slow growing staffing shortage

9/4/24 - TV6 - MDOC to hold multiple recruitment events as Michigan Corrections Organization calls for pay, retirement enhancements

8/30/24 - MLive - Overworked corrections officers demand action to solve Michigan prison staffing crisis

8/30/24 - Detroit Free Press - Violence on rise at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility

8/29/24 - WILX 10 - Michigan corrections officers urging lawmakers to ‘fix the damn staffing’ at prisons across the state

8/29/24 - The Mining Journal - Rep. Hill visits U.P. prison, supports corrections officer protest

8/29/24 - The Mining Gazette - Republicans stand with corrections officers

8/27/24 - Radio Results Network - Hill Tours Alger Correctional Facility; Touts Efforts To Relieve Staffing Shortage

8/25/24 - MLive - Alone with prisoners, no time away: Michigan corrections officers say they need relief

8/24/24 - The Mining Gazette - ‘A whole other level of stress,’ says Hill

8/24/24 - The Mining Journal - Prison protests highlight dangerous conditions

8/23/24 - The Mining Journal - Protests at Marquette Branch Prison

8/23/24 - Iron Mountain Daily News - Picket seeks to bring awareness on working conditions at prison

8/23/24 - WOOD TV 8 - Union warns of ‘staffing crisis’ in Michigan’s prisons

8/23/24 - WDTK - Officers slam bill addressing Michigan prison staffing shortage

8/22/24 - WZMQ 19 - Michigan Department of Corrections remains quiet as officers picket

8/22/24 - GOP House - U.P. Republicans stand with corrections staff, not failing MDOC leadership

8/22/24 - WLNS - Michigan’s prisons face a statewide ‘staffing crisis’

8/22/24 - MLive - ‘Fix the damn staffing crisis’: Michigan corrections officers protest

8/21/24 - WJMN - Local legislators join corrections workers on picket line outside Baraga prison

8/21/24 - Keweenaw Report - Upper Peninsula Representatives Join Prison Staff at Informational Picket in Baraga

8/21/24 - The Mining Gazette - ‘A dangerous situation’: Picket seeks to bring awareness to working conditions at prison

8/21/24 - TV6 - MCO holds picket near Baraga Correctional Facility to raise awareness of staffing shortages

8/20/24 - WZMQ 19 - U.P. facilities face severe corrections officer shortage

8/20/24 - WZMQ 19 - Prison staff picket outside Baraga Maximum Correctional Facility

8/20/24 - Upper Michigan Source - MCO holds picket near Baraga Correctional Facility to raise awareness of staffing shortages, unsafe conditions

8/20/24 - The Sault News - Prison pickets in U.P. focus on staffing concerns

8/20/24 - UpNorthLive ABC 74 - Northern Michigan correctional officers protest for better working conditions

8/20/24 - UP Matters - Local legislators join corrections workers on picket line outside Baraga prison

8/20/24 - WNMU - Inmates impacted amid corrections officer shortage

8/19/24 - Keweenaw Report - Upper Peninsula Representatives to Join MCOU at Informational Pickets

8/19/24 - 9 & 10 News - Corrections officers in the E.U.P. picket to highlight staffing needs

8/19/24 - Soo Leader - Corrections officers hold informational picket in Kincheloe

8/17/24 - Detroit News - Pickets set for Michigan prison staffing crisis amid inmate fights, lockdowns

8/17/24 - The Mining Gazette - Pickets aim at long-term prison change

8/17/24 - Radio Results Network - Hill To Join U.P. Corrections Officers On Picket Lines In Baraga, Marquette

8/17/24 - The Midwesterner - UP GOP lawmakers picket with overworked corrections officers, demand relief from Whitmer

8/16/24 - WCMU - Corrections officers call for measures to address staffing shortage, unsafe conditions

8/16/24 - ABC 10 UP - Lawmakers to join pickets at U.P. prisons

8/16/24 - WNMU - Hill bill would remove college requirement for corrections officers

8/15/24 - TV6 - New legislation looks to remove barriers for new MDOC recruits amid staffing crisis

8/15/24 - Radio Results Network - Hill Calls For More Corrections Officers After Touring Baraga Facility

8/15/24 - Soo Leader - UP legislators say they will join union information pickets

8/15/24 - WNMU - MDOC needs to address prison staffing now, McBroom says

8/13/24 - WNMU - Informational pickets to be held at UP prisons due to staffing crisis

8/13/24 - Upper Michigan Source - Michigan Corrections Organization to host informational pickets near UP correctional facilities to address staffing shortage

8/10/24 - The Alpena News - Corrections officers union highlights severity of staffing shortage

8/8/24 - UP Matters - MI prison guard union’s July report on incidents at Chippewa Correctional Facility

8/8/24 - UP Matters - Prison guard union releases July incident list for Chippewa Co. prison to highlight low staffing issues

8/7/24 - Soo Leader - Damoose presses legislature to support corrections officers

8/7/24 - The Sault News - Five of six U.P. prisons are critically understaffed

8/5/24 - Michigan News Source - Whitmer Ignores Cries for Help Over Corrections Officer Shortage

8/5/24 - Click On Detroit - Michigan prisons struggle with understaffing

8/2/24 - WKHM - State Rep Sarah Lightner concerned about worker shortage at DOC

8/1/24 - Keweena Report - Upper Peninsula Representatives Call on Solutions to Solve Staffing at State Prisons - Keweenaw Report

8/1/24 - Upper Michigan Source - Michigan Corrections Organization details incident reports in July

8/1/24 - WSJM - Lawmaker calls for action to fix shortage of prison guards

7/31/24 - Michigan Public - Governor’s office has “full faith” in prison leadership despite understaffing outcry

7/31/24 - The Center Square - Lawmakers say staffing shortages in Michigan prisons reaching 'the point of desperation'

7/31/24 - UP Matters - U.P. lawmakers make demands after prison guards sound alarm on U.P. max-security prisons, statewide facilities

7/31/24 - UP Matters - Report from MI Corrections Organization on Baraga Correctional Facility

7/30/24 - Gongwer - U.P. Lawmakers Demand Resolution To Corrections Staff Shortage

7/30/24 - Michigan House Republicans - U.P. Republicans shine light on crisis at MDOC

7/30/24 - Soo Leader - Urgent action needed to address crises at Michigan prisons: U.P. Republicans

7/30/24 - Radio Results Network - U.P. Lawmakers Demand Action On Shortage Of Corrections Officers

7/30/24 - WSJM - Corrections officers union asking governor for more support

7/30/24 - UP Matters - Report from MI Corrections Organization on Marquette Branch Prison 

7/30/24 - Upper Michigan Source - UP Republicans urge action from MDOC director amid staffing crisis

7/26/24 - Upper Michigan Source - UP correctional facilities experience staffing shortages

7/25/24 - Upper Michigan Source - Michigan Corrections Organization still seeks response from governor about staffing; MDOC says it’s working on solutions

7/18/24 - ABC 12 - Inmates impacted by staffing shortage in Michigan prisons

7/15/24 - WNMU - Disruptive incident at Baraga prison brings in teams from Alger County

7/12/24 - Michigan Advance - Key GOP lawmaker calls on Michigan prisons head to resign over staffing concerns

7/12/24 - TV6 - MDOC calls for additional assistance due to Friday ‘disturbance’ at Baraga Correctional Facility

7/11/24 - WTVB - Lawmakers call for MDOC management changes, union asks governor to bring in the National Guard to help at Michigan prisons

7/11/24 - Law Enforcement Today - Michigan Corrections Union demands Whitmer bring in National Guard to relieve 'exhausted officers' in 'dangerous facilities'

7/10/24 - Michigan News Source - Michigan Lawmaker to Department of Corrections Head: ‘It’s Time to Resign’

7/9/24 - WDET - Detroit Evening Report: State corrections officers union calls for National Guard deployment amid prison staffing shortages

7/9/24 - Midwesterner - Michigan prison union asks for National Guard assistance amid guard shortage

7/9/24 - Michigan News Source - Michigan Corrections Officers to Gov. Whitmer: ‘Fix the Damn Staffing Crisis’

7/8/24 - WLUC - Michigan Corrections Organization calls for National Guard amid prison staffing crisis

7/6/24 - Rihondo - Michigan correctional officer calls on governor to send National Guard to prisons

7/5/24 - Dave Bondy's Keeping it Real -Michigan Corrections Officers asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call in the National Guard

7/5/24 - WSGW - Michigan Corrections Officers Organization Calls for National Guard Help

7/5/24 - WWMT - Michigan corrections officer urges Governor to deploy National Guard to prisons

7/5/24 - ABC 13 - Michigan Corrections Officer Organization calls on Governor Whitmer to bring in National Guard

7/4/24 - Hoodline - MICHIGAN CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS UNION CALLS ON GOVERNOR WHITMER FOR NATIONAL GUARD ASSISTANCE AMID STAFFING CRISIS

7/4/24 - MLive - As prisons face ‘dire’ staffing need, union asks for Michigan National Guard help

7/4/24 - Click on Detroit Local 4 - Union representing Michigan corrections officers issue call to action to Gov. Whitmer

7/4/24 - WLNS 6 - MI prison officers call for National Guard help

7/4/24 - WILX 10 - Michigan corrections officers say they’re overworked and understaffed

7/4/24 - Michigan Public Radio - Corrections officers union calling for National Guard to relieve staffing shortages at Mich. prisons

7/4/24 - 9 & 10 News - Michigan Corrections Organization asks Gov. Whitmer for emergency assistance

7/4/24 - The Blaze - Corrections officers' union slams Gov. Whitmer, demands she send National Guard to ease staffing shortages

7/4/24 - CBS News - Michigan correctional officers ask National Guard for help with shortage

7/4/24 - WVLT 8 - Michigan Corrections Officer Organization calls on Governor Whitmer to bring in National Guard

7/3/24 - Detroit Free Press - Corrections officers to Whitmer: Mobilize National Guard to address prison staffing crisis

7/3/24 - Detroit News - Prison officers union asks Whitmer to deploy National Guard amid staffing shortages

7/3/24 - Wood TV - Michigan corrections officers union asks Whitmer for National Guard help

7/3/24 - Gongwer - Corrections Union, Citing Unsafe Conditions, Seeks National Guard In Prisons

7/3/24 - ABC 12 - Corrections officers ask Gov Whitmer for National Guard to address prison staffing crisis

7/3/24 - WPBN/WGTU - Michigan Corrections Organization requests National Guard be deployed to prisons

7/3/24 - Click On Detroit - Staffing shortage in Michigan prisons prompts call for Gov. Whitmer to deploy National Guard 

7/3/24 - WNEM - Corrections officers union calls for National Guard to help with staffing shortage

6/18/24 - Detroit News - Labor Voices: Corrections Officer shortage needs attention

6/3/24 - Gongwer - MDOC Isolation Policies Questioned By Mental Health Workers, Advocates

5/28/24 - Detroit News - 'Trapped in hell': Battle over solitary confinement brews as Michigan reduces use

3/14/24 - Upper Michigan Source - Marquette Branch Prison says inmates threwbodily waste at staff, remain disruptive in cells

11/16/2023 - Detroit Free Press - Michigan prison officers protest new strip-search policy for transgender inmates

8/2/2023 - WILX TV 10 - Staffing shortages impact operations at Michigan’s prisons

7/26/2023 - Upper Michigan Source - Alger Correctional Facility in Munising experiences severe staffing crisis