MCO in the News
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