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(MPRN-Lansing) Michigan is on its way toward sweeping changes in its criminal justice system. The State Senate held the final vote on the legislative…
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(MPRN-Lansing) Michigan is on its way toward sweeping changes in its criminal justice system. The State House passed a large package of legislation…
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(MPRN-Detroit) A federal lawsuit claims state prison guards joked and made a bet on whether an inmate would try to kill herself before she took her own…
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(MPRN-Lansing) Michigan Senators are making a big push for prison and parole reform this year. Over 20 of the 52 bills introduced during session last week…
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The Michigan Department of Corrections has fined the company providing food service to the state’s prisons more than $2-millions. Corrections Department…
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Former Michigan lawmaker Ken Sikkema says he is disappointed that criminal justice reform did not pass before lawmakers adjourned for the year. But…
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(MPRN-Lansing) A bill on its way to Governor Rick Snyder would compensate people who were wrongly convicted of a crime and imprisoned. The legislation…
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(MPRN-Lansing) A Republican state lawmaker leading the effort to overhaul Michigan’s criminal justice system says it’s a big job, but it needs to get…
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(MPRN-Lansing) The Michigan Department of Corrections faces a US Justice Department lawsuit that alleges sex discrimination against female guards at the…
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(MPRN-Lansing) Michigan corrections workers did not properly document prisoner transfers between October 2013 and September of last year. That’s according…