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The Michigan Department of Corrections has announced the closure of Standish Max, Hiawatha, Muskegon, and Camps Kitwen, Lehman, Cusino, Ottawa and White Lake.  Further, Alger Max will be lowered to a Level IV facility with double bunking, and line-up will be eliminated statewide. 

These cuts may achieve some savings, but at what cost to the public?  Prisoners will be released in large numbers in a short amount of time. State employees will be laid off. Communities will be devastated. 

Further, for those officers who still have a job...it will be a more dangerous one as they are left to handle the prisoners deemed not safe to release and doing so without the vital exchange of information from line-up. 

While the state must find money, there must be a better way.  We as officers, community members, and citizens need to make our voices heard.