LANSING, MI (AP)-- Opponents are pressing Governor Rick Snyder's administration to cancel the state's contract with a company that provides food in the prison system.
The liberal advocacy group Progress Michigan says local officials on Thursday will demand cancellation of Aramark's contract in a call with reporters. They'll also ask local governments to investigate their own contracts with the company.
Philadelphia-based Aramark Correctional Services has come under scrutiny for maggots found in the Alger Maximum Correctional Facility's food area last week and infractions such as workers having sex with inmates. Michigan Corrections Department spokesman Russ Marlan says a decision on the contract remains weeks away.
Michigan's in the first year of a three-year contract with Aramark that's expected to save $16 million a year. Michigan has fined Aramark $98,000 for violations.
Aramark faces similar sanitation complaints in Ohio.