
2019 Year In Review
Join Chris Gautz and Greg Straub for the last Field Days episode of 2019. It was a year of big changes, exciting events, and continued commitment to employee wellness and offender success. A huge than...
31 Dec 201935min

Holiday Wellness: Appreciation and Acceptance
The third and final episode of our holiday wellness series is all about appreciation and acceptance. Wellness Unit manager Lynn Gorski and chaplain coordinator Lloyd Scharer return to Field Days to di...
24 Dec 201924min

Holiday Wellness: Family, Friends, and Faith
The Field Days Holiday Wellness podcast series continues with a look at the many different ways family, friends, and faith can impact our lives this time of year. On today's episode, Chris and Greg ar...
17 Dec 201924min

Holiday Stress And Wellness
This week, to help celebrate the season, Field Days is kicking off the podcast series Presents, Presence, and Patience during the Holidays - Strategies for Managing Wellness & Self-Care.On today's epi...
10 Dec 201920min

Medication Assisted Treatment Program
In mid-November, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan Opioids Task Force announced Michigan's strategy to combat the opioid crisis. More than 20 percent of incarcerated individuals in...
3 Dec 201924min

MDOC COMS Project: Health Care
The latest episode of Field Days is the 4th installment in a series tracking the roll out of the new Corrections Offender Management System (COMS). Chris and Greg sit down with Acting Health Care Admi...
26 Nov 201919min

Educational Programming at Thumb Correctional
On the latest episode of Field Days, Chris and Greg head back to school to learn about the education program at Thumb Correctional and how it's preparing prisoners for success. School principal Jim Go...
19 Nov 201924min

Blue Star Service Dogs
On the latest episode of Field Days, we celebrate Veterans Day with an episode about Blue Star Service Dogs and their training program at Thumb Correctional. Blue Star rescues shelter dogs, trains the...
12 Nov 201916min





















