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| Work crews return remains in limbo |
| By Sault Ste. Marie Evening News |
| Published: 01/07/2008 |
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MICHIGAN - Several local communities that have relied on state prison work crews bargain-rate for clean-up, fix-up work will likely be waiting a few months yet before the program is reinstated. State Rep. Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard) today said the promised return of prisoner work details depends heavily on how quickly Upper Peninsula prisons fill about 180 [officer] vacancies. McDowell said the prisons are not able to furnish [officers] for the prisoner crews without paying very expensive overtime costs that the state Corrections Department is bound to avoid. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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