Monday, June 22, 2020

Ramsey County CO's accuse management of segregating them by race

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Eight Ramsey County CO's say they were segregated away from the floor housing the high profile Derek Chauvin based on their race. FUL...
Tuesday, June 09, 2020

PERA Correctional funding is solid!

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Many have voiced concerns regarding the funding of our Pension since the Corona market drop. According to PERA no need to worry. I provi...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Due process alert!

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One of the hallmarks of Organized Labor is Due Process. What separates non-union from Union Labor is the fact that non-union employees are,...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Your Pension in the age of Corona

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Unemployment Everyone is experiencing the short term effects of the Corona virus. 22 million Americans have been laid off and our econo...
Friday, February 28, 2020

Big Pension News Coming

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As my readers know I have been keeping a close watch on the PERA Correctional Pension. The only Union protecting the PERA Correctional Pen...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Staff shortages and overtime

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The Star Tribune is reporting that Audit: Staff shortages, failure to track assaults contribute to danger in Minnesota prisons The ...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Hennepin County Detention Deputy Dave General needs our help

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Dave General is a man of honor, integrity and respect. He is a husband, a father, a grandfather, an uncle, a military veteran and a frie...
Friday, December 20, 2019

December PERA update

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On December 12th I attended the PERA meeting. Here's the Agenda of what was discussed.  https://www.mnpera.org/meeting-agenda-decembe...
Wednesday, December 04, 2019

25 CO's in Baltimore Charged with excessive force

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CBS News is reporting that 25 Corrections Officers in the Maryland State Prison system have been charged with excessive force. All were...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Rush City MCF on lockdown after attacks on CO's

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From CBS : DOC: Rush City Prison on Lockdown after After Inmate Attacks 3 Staff Members Click Here for video and full story
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Corrections News items

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Here are a couple of Corrections related news items: Two Stabbings Investigated at Oak Park Heights prison We work a dangerous environm...
Tuesday, November 05, 2019

Hennepin County Haunted jail?

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For years it has been rumored that there was a ghost haunting the Hennepin County jail. Myself and many other people who worked there hav...
Friday, November 01, 2019

Detention Deputy Down

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From Blue Lives Matter : Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Detention Officer Gene Lee served his department for six years. ...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

2020 PERA Cost of Living Increases

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From the PERA website : 2020 Postretirement Increases for PERA Members October 15, 2019 Monthly benefit payments to retired member...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Hennepin County Detention Deputies to get body cameras

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Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson has announced that, "Hennepin County sheriff's deputies soon will be outfitted with...
Thursday, September 05, 2019

CO's -highest rates of PTSD, Depression, Suicide...

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From Armor Up comes an article about the effects of the job on a CO. It's stats like these that helped us get the PERA Correctional Pla...
Tuesday, September 03, 2019

Northern MN Union Workers supporting Pres. Trump

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I've been hearing rumblings for a long time about Northern MN Union members supporting President Trump. This isn't surprising to ...
Friday, August 16, 2019

Detention Deputy Evaristus Ndzentuv on Channel 5

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A detention deputy in Hennepin County is about to leave for his fourth deployment overseas. This time, he's going to Africa. ...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Your PERA Correctional Pension Handbook

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Want to know what to expect from your PERA Correctional Pension?  Here's the book ! 
Monday, July 22, 2019

Sherburne County MN ICE- a well oiled machine

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The Star Tribune has a story covering a protest against the Sherburne County (MN) Jail adding more ICE beds. They propose to expand from ...