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Michigan Department of Corrections Foregoes Privatized Food Services
Loaded on Aug. 23, 2018
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
After enduring five years of poor service, inadequate staffing and several scandals with its privatized food-service vendors, Michigan has decided to bring its prison services back into government service.
“As the contract with Trinity was approaching its end, we took the opportunity to re-examine our …
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