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Snyder to decide on Aramark prison food contract soon
By lansingstatejournal.com- Kathleen Gray
Published: 07/23/2014

EAST LANSING — Security failures and persistent problems with a privatized contract with Aramark Correctional Services to provide food for prison inmates continues to dog Gov. Rick Snyder as he hits the speaking circuit and campaign trail.

The Aramark contract has been scrutinized by the state and Free Press in recent weeks for hundreds of documented problems ranging from food quality and quantity, to smuggling contraband to prisoners, to improper contact between kitchen workers and inmates. Just last week, four employees were fired for having consensual sexual contact with inmates.

Since the contract was approved seven months ago, more than 80 Aramark employees have been fired and banned from prison property for a variety of violations.

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