25 years after starting his career a corrections officer at the nearby Michigan Reformatory, Richard Brokaw recently became warden at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility (IBC) in Ionia! Growing up on the farm, Warden Brokaw learned about hard work - that work ethic led him to join the Army after high school, where he served for four years. Coming back to Michigan, he immediately applied for MDOC. After completing the recruit training at the DeMarse academy, he became at an officer at the Reforma

Gordon Bloom is a quartermaster at Parnall Correctional Facility. He oversees the process of receiving, storing, and distributing essentials like the bedding and clothing to all prisoners in the facility. Following his service in the U.S. Marine Corps, he joined MDOC as a corrections officer. He found parallels between what he'd learned from the Marines and his career at the department - like working towards a common goal, a focus on service, and staying vigilant. | Michigan Department of Correc

Michigan has 26 prisons throughout the state, holding roughly 33,000 inmates ranging from non-violent offenders to murderers. Now, the union representing Michigan corrections officers believes there are issues that are putting lives at risk. The Michigan Corrections Organization sent a letter to Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) Director Heidi Washington, pointing to dangerous conditions alongside the most violent behind bars, alleging a lack of adequate segregation space for violent inm

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