Michigan ends prison food deal with private company over maggots, drug smuggling

[jakeXT]

The state of Michigan has dropped its $145 million prison food service contract with Aramark Correctional Services after nearly 200 of the company's workers were fired or banned from prison property over a host of infractions.

The state announced Monday it has signed a three-year, $158 million contract with Florida-based Trinity Services Group to take over the services. Michigan did not take bids in the process of switching contracts, according to reports.

Aramark's tenure as food service provider in Michigan prisons has been marked with failed performance and a range of bad behavior by employees, including meal shortages, maggots in kitchens, the smuggling of drugs and other contraband to prisoners, a contracted prison hit and sex acts with inmates.

Michigan officials called the split with Philadelphia-based Aramark a "mutual agreement" after nearly two years of service to Michigan's 33 state correctional facilities.

http://rt.com/usa/273646-michigan-prison-food-maggots/

Prisoner Told to Keep Quiet about Maggots in Prisoner Food

It was a sad day for humankind, and another shameful moment for Michigan, when the prisoner discovered maggots in a vegetable slicer at a Jackson area prison on June 2nd. He told investigators that an Aramark correctional food service supervisor told him to just clean the machine and not say anything about the maggots, according to reports released Thursday under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act.

When the officials at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility responded, they found over two dozen maggots on a food preparation table. They found Aramark supervisor John Morario in his office at the computer rather than taking charge of the situation.

Prisoner John Doe, which is his real name, not an alias, discovered the maggots in a machine used to cut potatoes and was told to keep quiet. "The prisoners will never know. Use a lot of vinegar."

There were earlier incidents of maggots found in or around the food served to prisoners in several locations. The Aramark Corporation has served food to prisoners with rocks in the mashed potatoes, the sloppy joes have been dropped on the floor and served to prisoners, food has even been thrown in the garbage can and still served to the prisoners.

http://www.bhbanco.org/2015/07/prisoner-told-to-keep-quiet-about.html

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Old Joe Newbauer ain't going to like this.

Not the first and won't be the last for Aramark. Ouch!!!!

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. Wow...

Never realized these things about Aramark. They supplied and maintained all of our deli coats, aprons, butcher coats, and floor mats at the now closed Wild Oats/Whole Foods here in Melbourne, FL. They also supply a lot of the restaurants around here with those sorts of items. There's a Jamaican restaurant right next to where I work that deals with them (same delivery driver, so I say hi to him when I see him) as well.