8/2/13 - A man who worked for the state Department of Corrections has entered a plea to reduced charges after a relationship with a female prisoner was discovered. 53-year-old Michael Paul Salyers of Manton, Michigan was originally charged with two counts of 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct of a state prisoner. In Livingston County Circuit Court today, he entered no contest pleas to two reduced charges of 4th degree CSC. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such during sentencing, which has been scheduled for September 5th. Salyers previously worked as a mechanic for the Michigan Department of Corrections at Camp Brighton, which closed in 2007. He was accused of having a sexual relationship with a now-39-year-old woman, who has since been released from prison. The incidents were said to have occurred in 2006, spanning June through December of that year but the charges werenât entered until March of this year. The Michigan Department of Corrections conducted an internal affairs investigation but no details were ever released. (JM)
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