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Michigan’s Prison Industries Mismanaged and Unprofitable
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2009
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2009, page 38
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Government Misconduct,
Work,
Prison Industries.
Location:
Michigan.
A June 2009 report issued by Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General on the performance of the state’s Bureau of Correctional Industries (BCI), which operates under authority of the Department of Corrections, listed several reportable conditions of management and operational failures. The report highlights failures of ...
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