MDOC Recruitment Events Being Held in Chippewa County

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Corrections will be hosting several recruitment events this week to hire corrections officers, heath care staff, skilled trades staff, and other positions. Events will take place in Chippewa County Friday.

New corrections officer recruits will attend one of two regional Corrections Officer Training Academies in October. Participants in the academies will earn a minimum starting pay of $21.50 per hour on their first day of class and will be eligible to make $68,500 per year, before overtime, in as little as three and a half years. In addition, they will have the added value of state benefits such as health and dental care, retirement, and discounts for higher education.

• Friday, September 6
  • Chippewa and Kinross Facilities, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. 
    Northern Region Training Center, 16708 S. Avon St., Kinross, MI 49788

Recruitment events are an ongoing effort on behalf of the Michigan Department of Corrections to fill significant staffing vacancies at several facilities. The department has also increased corrections officer pay by over 18% in the past five years and provided an additional $55 million in bonuses.

MDOC continues to work on a wide range of staffing initiatives such as identifying recruitment barriers through research and feedback, organizing traveling units, reducing educational barriers to employment, and ongoing targeted recruitment efforts.

Residents who are interested in attending an event, or who are interested in learning more about minimum eligibility requirements, salary and benefits, or the MDOC hiring process, can find more information at: https://www.michigan.gov/corrections/careers.