1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Shut down the North Lake Processing Center and end Michigan's relationship with GEO Group. Locking people up for profit is not a public safety strategy — it's a revenue model, and Michigan taxpayers shouldn't be funding it. GEO Group is a for-profit corporation that profits directly from keeping detention beds filled. That financial incentive has nothing to do with justice, rehabilitation, or community safety. Every dollar flowing to a private detention contractor is a dollar that could go toward public defenders, reentry programs, or community-based alternatives that actually work. I want you to take concrete action: cut the contracts, oppose any renewal or expansion of for-profit detention in this state, and push for legislation that bans private prison and immigration detention agreements in Michigan. This is a matter of basic accountability — public safety functions should never be outsourced to corporations chasing a profit margin.