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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 9 MIN

At Michigan's prisons, is a raise enough to keep workers?

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Prison workers in the Michigan Department of Corrections have been upset about working conditions — including thin staffing, safety concerns and mandatory overtime — for a while. IPR, WCMU and the Northern Michigan Journalism Collaborative produced a series of reports about this back in April. Now, those workers are about to get a raise. Will it assuage any concern? Reporting for this episode came from Claire Keenan-Kurgan.

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