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Detention officers tell Detroit council staffing shortfalls and pay are driving departures
Summary
Multiple Detroit Detention Center staff told council they are underpaid and understaffed after the city assumed operations, saying the department lost at least 11 employees since August and asking council oversight and intervention.
Several employees from the Detroit Detention Center used the council’s public-comment period on Sept. 9 to press the City Council for help with staffing and pay after the city resumed operation of the facility.
"We are very underpaid, and severely understaffed," said Tywan Durham, a senior detention officer, who urged the council to review compensation and staffing because "we're losing people in…
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