MI HR0310

House Resolution 310 calls for Heidi Washington, Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, to resign.

Resolution cites severe staffing shortages at MDOC facilities, including corrections officers working mandatory 16-hour shifts and 34 percent vacancy rates at facilities like Baraga Correctional Facility.

Documents instances of violence at prisons since July 2024, including an officer suffering a fractured orbital bone at Chippewa Correctional Facility on July 6, 2024.

Alleges a culture of fear and retaliation within the department, with officers reporting denied family and medical leave requests and disciplinary action for declining mandatory overtime.

Criticizes executive branch resistance to legislative funding efforts for officer training, retention bonuses, and sick leave restoration in 2019-2023.