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Corrections isn’t a political sideshow. Michigan’s next governor must make it a priority.
Filed 1h ago · Via Michigan Advance · The Buffoon Desk
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An opinion piece in the Michigan Advance argues the state's next governor must prioritize the Department of Corrections, citing reporting that found vacancy rates above 25% at nearly every facility and officers working mandatory 16-hour shifts on consecutive days.
The column points to bipartisan calls for new leadership, four recent deaths at Women's Huron Valley prison in under two months, and vetoed pension bills that correctional officer unions say have worsened safety concerns.
Director Heidi Washington has led the department for 11 years across two administrations; the piece argues replacing her alone will not fix structural staffing and programming failures that affect both inmates and employees.
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✒ FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK
A prison system running on forced overtime and understaffed wings isn't a secret, it is just the kind of problem that loses elections instead of winning them. Whoever takes the governor's chair next will find the same overworked staff and the same budget fights waiting, because nobody fixed the pipes while the water was still running fine. Easiest thing in the world to ignore a leaky roof until the day it caves in on somebody's shift.
