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On September 10, over 400 prisoners protested peacefully at Kinross Correctional Facility in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, following the September 9 nationwide prison workers’ strike. While details are still emerging, we know that prisoners met with the wardens to peacefully communicate their demands. These demands included better wages, better quality and quantity of food, and no retaliation for the peaceful protest. Yet about 150 prisoners were accused of being instigators and were transferred to other facilities. In at least some cases, they were accused of “incite to riot” and placed in higher-security levels and disciplinary isolation.

Please call Michigan Department of Corrections director Heidi Washington as well as some of the facilities where prisoners formerly at Kinross may be facing punishment (see numbers and script below). Call every day this week: Monday, October 3, through Friday, October 7.

After calling, please comment on this Facebook page to let us know what happened.

Sample script:

“Hi. I’m calling about all the prisoners who were transferred from Kinross after their nonviolent demonstration on September 10. I demand that all charges against them be dropped, that all of them be removed from disciplinary segregation, that they be returned to their previous security levels and the general population, and that there be no further retaliation against them of any kind.”

Here is a detailed “how-to” video for calling prisons, if you feel nervous about phoning.

MDOC Director Heidi Washington: 517-241-7238 (if there’s no answer, leave a message on her assistant’s phone, Sandra Simon)

MDOC facilities with levels IV and V, where Kinross prisoners may have been transferred (ask for the office of the warden or deputy warden):

Alger Correctional Facility (LMF)

SECURITY LEVELS: IV and II

TELEPHONE: (906) 387-5000

Warden: Catherine S. Bauman

Baraga Correctional Facility (AMF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I and V

TELEPHONE: (906) 353-7070

Warden: Shane Place

Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility (IBC)

SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, and IV; Protective Housing and Administrative Segregation

TELEPHONE: (616) 527-2510

Warden: Tony Trierweiler

Carson City Correctional Facility (DRF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, and IV

TELEPHONE: (989) 584-3941

Warden: Sherman Campbell

Chippewa Correctional Facility (URF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, and IV

TELEPHONE: (906) 495-2275

Warden: Jeffrey Woods

Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility (LRF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, and IV

TELEPHONE: (231) 773-9200

Warden: Shane Jackson

G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility (JCF)

SECURITY LEVEL: I, Secure Levels I, II, and IV

TELEPHONE: (517) 780-5000

Warden: Shawn Brewer

Gus Harrison Correctional Facility (ARF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, and IV

TELEPHONE: (517) 265-3900

Warden: Paul Klee

Ionia Correctional Facility (ICF)

SECURITY LEVELS: II and V

TELEPHONE: (616) 527-6331

Warden: Willie Smith

Kinross Correctional Facility (KCF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I and II

TELEPHONE: (906) 495-2282

Warden: Duncan MacLaren

Macomb Correctional Facility (MRF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, and IV

TELEPHONE: (586) 749-4900

Warden: Randall Haas

Marquette Branch Prison (MBP)

SECURITY LEVELS: I and V

TELEPHONE: (906) 226-6531

Warden: Robert Napel

Michigan Reformatory (RMI)

SECURITY LEVELS: II and IV

TELEPHONE: 616-527-2500

Warden: Carmen Palmer

Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF)

SECURITY LEVELS: II and IV

TELEPHONE: (231) 723-8272

Warden: Thomas Mackie

Saginaw Correctional Facility (SRF)

SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, and IV

TELEPHONE: (989) 695-9880

Warden: Thomas Winn

St. Louis Correctional Facility (SLF)

SECURITY LEVEL: IV

TELEPHONE: (989) 681-6444

Warden: Mark McCluuick

Woodland Center Correctional Facility (WCC)

SECURITY LEVEL: IV

TELEPHONE: (734) 449-3320

Warden: Jodi DeAngelo-Kipp