Union Calls for National Guard Presence in Michigan’s Prisons

Published on August 7, 2024

Fueled by chronic short-staffing and the hot, humid weather in July, violence has exploded in some of Michigan’s largest prisons. A surge of inmate-on-inmate and inmate-on-guard attacks, the setting of fires, and the destruction of property has prompted calls for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to send in the National Guard to help restore order. Byron Osborn, president of the Michigan Corrections Organization (MCO), told The Epoch Times, “Our prisons are not running safely. Five of our 26 state prisons are understaffed by 30 percent or more. Ours is an inherently dangerous profession compounded by this severe understaffing.” According to Osborn, the union represents 93 percent of the state’s approximately 5,100 corrections officers and forensic security assistants. He has three decades of experience as a front-line corrections officer....

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