There’s been more controversy this week involving Aramark. That’s the beleaguered food service company contracted to serve Michigan prisons. Yesterday at a meeting of the state civil service commission, one member said he felt mislead when told of a $98,000 dollar fine against the company that had actually been dropped.
On Monday, an Aramark employee was arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs to inmates at the St. Louis Correctional Facility about 50 miles north of Lansing. Around 90 company workers have now been banned from state prisons for various misbehavior.
The Philadelphia-based company, whose 3-year, $145-million deal began last December, has also taken heat for a variety of other operational blunders.
In East Lansing on Tuesday, Gov. Snyder said his administration is “working through the Aramark situation.” It’s become a hot issue in the election campaign for governor.
Current State talks with Detroit Free Press reporter Paul Egan, who has been covering the story.
