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Corrections officers union asks Gov. Whitmer to deploy National Guard due to staffing shortages in Michigan prisons
CBS ^ | 07 04 2024 | Sara Powers

Posted on 07/04/2024 10:08:36 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

A union that represents Michigan corrections officers asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday to deploy the National Guard to help understaffed prisons.

Byron Osborn, the president of the Michigan Corrections Organization - SEIU Local 526M, said in a letter to Whitmer that she needs to "take working conditions that have persisted and worsened" throughout her time as governor.

The letter says that corrections officers have to work mandatory 16-hour overtime shifts per week, and have to run prison operations with "far less" than the number of officers required.

Osborn said officers often have to work in isolated areas by themselves, jeopardizing safety. The prisoners have "taken advantage of lax MDOC policies on prisoner discipline, classification, and use of segregation," and are "being coddled at the expense of officer safety," according to the letter.

"The conditions I've described to you are real," said Osborn. "If you are skeptical and wish to see for yourself, I'll gladly escort you inside several of your prisons so you can speak directly with your corrections officers, not the administration, about the conditions."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gretchenwhitmer; nationalguard; prisons

1 posted on 07/04/2024 10:08:36 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

She can’t manage a prison and wants to act like she can manage a state or nation.


2 posted on 07/04/2024 10:11:29 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: yesthatjallen

The worse the better - Vladimir Lenin


3 posted on 07/04/2024 10:12:10 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Mayor of Kingstown


4 posted on 07/04/2024 10:18:25 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: MtnClimber


The worse the better - Vladimir Lenin”

Yup


5 posted on 07/04/2024 10:19:40 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: yesthatjallen

Whitmer is running Michigan into the ground.


6 posted on 07/04/2024 11:22:57 AM PDT by chopperk (are)
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To: yesthatjallen

Whitmer = failure


7 posted on 07/04/2024 11:24:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: yesthatjallen

And this helps her become President or VP how?

So, no.


8 posted on 07/04/2024 11:29:30 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: yesthatjallen
Whitmer/et al

The Stepford Wives of the deep state.

These coven'ists (think Manson followers) have been strategically scattered throughout the nation.

Michigan has at least four...gov./sec. state/atty. gen/supreme court justice...throw in a few state/fed. legislators.

"They Live"

9 posted on 07/04/2024 11:32:37 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: yesthatjallen
Not gonna happen.

Blue states get their Guard paid for by taxpayers in other states by continuously deploying them to support Active Duty rotations. Keeping them in Michigan switches that cost over to the annual Michigan budget and lessens the ability to deploy the Guard for other people to pay for them.

It's all okay though. Like Seattle politicians proposing having illegal alien invaders serve as police officers, Heil Whitmer can have illegal alien invaders guarding the prisoners in cells that the illegal alien invaders themselves should be sitting in.

10 posted on 07/04/2024 11:33:29 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: yesthatjallen

Would National Guards have to pay union dues?


11 posted on 07/04/2024 11:37:15 AM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: chopperk
Might say we are being "blown away" (ala Canadian trash Granholm) again.

Except this coven is much more sinister/covert, their lies less (openly) stupid, their (masters commanded) actions more destructive.

12 posted on 07/04/2024 11:42:22 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: yesthatjallen

wHitler....


13 posted on 07/04/2024 1:16:39 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: joe fonebone

Deport the illegal prisoners and then see what you got.


14 posted on 07/04/2024 1:39:00 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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