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| Trinity takes over troubled Mich. prison food service |
| By freep.com- Paul Egan |
| Published: 09/09/2015 |
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LANSING – The director of the Michigan Department of Corrections is hoping for less turmoil in the prison chow halls starting today as Trinity Services Group replaces Aramark Correctional Services as the meal supplier for about 43,000 state inmates. The state says disagreements over billing led to a mutual agreement with Aramark to end the Philadelphia-based company’s three-year, $145-million contract when it had more than a year still to go. The state didn’t cite a history of problems with Aramark, which included food shortages, maggots in the kitchen, smuggling of drugs and other contraband by Aramark employees, and Aramark workers engaging in sex acts with inmates. But Heidi Washington, a former warden who was an outspoken critic of Aramark’s food service before she became director of the Department of Corrections on July 1, said she believes Trinity has an approach that’s better suited to correctional facilities, and she expects “my custody staff will be performing their normal custody functions within the kitchens, and leaving the kitchen operations to Trinity.” Read More. |
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