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Assaults on prison staff have increased in Michigan. Union asks state for change
The Michigan Corrections Officers union links rising staff assaults to improper inmate placement and urges conversion of St. Louis facility to Level V for better segregation.
- In recent years the Michigan Corrections Organization warned of rising assaults and said dangerous prisoners are often held in lower-security settings, citing an October surge at Marquette Branch Prison.
- The union says a lack of Level V beds means violent inmates cannot be separated, forcing higher-security prisoners into lower-level housing across Michigan's 26 state prisons, including Level II units with many Level IV inmates.
- Incidents described by the union include force being used 293 times at Marquette, Baraga and Egeler in 2023, with Tasers deployed 61 times, and 439 force uses and 107 Tasers in 2024.
- Osborn warned that the strained system is more dangerous for frontline officers, creating immediate staff-safety risks as Michigan's prison system houses about 33,000 inmates.
- The department has worked to reduce administrative segregation, noting 339 inmates are held daily in 2024, down from 972 a decade earlier, while advocates urge services over separation given harm research and MCHEP’s absence from four level V facilities.
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Assaults on prison staff have increased in Michigan. Union asks state for change
A union representing Michigan corrections officers is sounding alarms over an increase in violent assaults against prison staff, alleging the state is too often holding dangerous prisoners in lower-security settings not designed to house them.
·United States
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Michigan corrections officer union calls for change as assaults increase
In 2024, there were 71 assaults at the state's highest-security prisons, up from 44 in 2023. The union blames a lack of maximum-security space, leading to violent inmates being mixed with the general population.
·Flint, United States
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