[5] MDOC previously contracted with Aramark for its food services.

[6] The state secure-facilities network supervises a diverse offender population.

The physical plants also span centuries, from the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia (built in the late 1870s) to the modern Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, which was completed in 2001.

A Secure Level I facility houses prisoners who are more easily managed within the network (even though they may have committed violent crimes).

[9] The Operations Support Administration is responsible for oversight of departmental finances, personnel services - including training and recruitment of new employees, policy development, labor relations, and physical plant and environmental services.