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Politicians, even lame-duck and completely retired ones, do not like admitting they were wrong. Usually about the best you can get is some statement like…
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Michigan’s attempts to privatize prison food services is still running into problems. The legislature approved outsourcing prison food service in 2012 to…
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Gangs controlling the lunch-line, staff not following sanitation regulations, and questionable cost-cutting moves are just some of the accusations laid…
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The Michigan Department of Corrections is setting up a 30-person unit to monitor the department's 184 private contracts for services, including food and…
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State lawmakers this week will discuss outside oversight for prison food facilities.State Representative John Kivela, D-Marquette, wants local health…
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A new report says contract monitors found 3,707 issues with food provider Aramark's performance from March 1, 2014 to September 12, 2014.Aramark lost its…
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Michigan AFSCME Council 25 says it will challenge the state's new prison food contract with Trinity Services Group.The state announced the deal with the…
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Here’s something I’d like to hear a politician in office say, just once. “My fellow citizens, I screwed up. I made the wrong choice, partly because I was…
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After 19 months of maggoty food, traces of rodents, workers engaging in sex acts with inmates, and much more, the state of Michigan today has terminated…
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The state of Michigan is terminating its contract with Aramark to provide prison food services.The state and Aramark say the decision to end the $145…