MNCORA wishes all of you a happy Thanksgiving!

Fox News is reporting that " 40% of Bureau of Prisons staff said they were sexually assaulted or harassed last year " There's now a Bill introduced to respond to that.  The Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act  "It is unacceptable that nearly half of Bureau of Prisons staff experience sexual harassment or assault by inmates. The Bureau of Prisons must do more to ensure the safety of corrections officers and to hold perpetrators accountable," said Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., who co-sponsored a new bill to fight it. "The Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act  will provide oversight to the federal prison system and fight these abuses."  In the Senate the Bill Number is S.5062 In the House it's Bill H.R. 10160 MNCORA supports this Bill and urges our members to contact their Senators and Representatives. It's this level of danger that separates out pension from others. Contact Senator Amy Klobuchar here   Contact Senator Tina Smith here Find your House Re...

Currently there's an MSRS Correctional Plan Eligibility Work Group   looking at who and should and should not be in the MSRS (State) Correctional Plan. The recommendations are due to the LCPR by January 10, 2025.  As always there's a letter citing MAPE and Teamsters desire to add Probation Officers to both the MSRS and PERA Correctional Plans . Because why wouldn't they try this again out of our sight? Last year of course there was the Bill to add Dispatch to our Correctional Plan, and Rep. Wolgamott (the author) stated the issue was not dead. We fully expect another attempt this year. The last line of MAPE's letter says it all: This upcoming session will be challenging with possibly probation and dispatch both making a run at our pension. MNCORA will be watching. We plan to again submit a Bill to add a CO to the PERA Board (Something State CO's have). Last year Representative Niska authored it, but the LCPR declined to give it a hearing. This session Rep. Niska w...

Thank you Veterans for your service and special thanks to those who went on to serve in Corrections!