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| Plan would have Michigan retirees working in prisons |
| By lansingstatejournal.com-Kristin M. Daum |
| Published: 11/30/2012 |
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Retired state corrections officers could return to their jobs on a limited basis — and still receive their pension payments — under a cost-savings proposal moving through the Michigan Legislature. But critics fear public safety could be at stake if aged and potentially out-of-step corrections officers return to oversee the state’s prisons. “This is a savings that I think is going to put some people to potentially great harm,” said Rep. Richard LeBlanc, D-Westland, minority vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. The bill passed the House by a 58-48 vote Wednesday evening, barely six hours after the Appropriations Committee moved it forward in a similarly divided vote, 14-12. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration. Read More. |
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