GREENVILLE, Mich. — Neighbors in Ionia County are getting a closer look at what it takes to work inside a corrections facility as the Michigan Department of Corrections works to fill open positions across the area.
Officials say increasing staffing levels could improve safety and help ease the workload inside local facilities, including the Carson City Correctional Facility.
“We need people to be working, we need people, we need bodies, the state is hurting as far as corrections officers,” said Ted Leslie, a CPC special activities coordinator at Carson City Correctional Facility…