MCO in the News
7/3/24 - MCO President Byron Osborn formally requests that Governor Whitmer activate the Michigan National Guard to provide immediate custody support to prisons (20+ articles.)
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