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State lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow a private prison near Baldwin to reopen and house high-security inmates. It now goes to Gov. Rick…
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(MPRN-Lansing) Vermont intends to move 319 high-security inmates to a privately run prison in Michigan. That would allow the GEO Group to re-open the…
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People who were wrongfully convicted would be entitled to $60,000 for each year they spent in prison under legislation unveiled Thursday at the state…
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(Lansing-MPRN) - Bills meant to gradually reduce Michigan’s prison population and bring down costs have new life in the state Legislature. The legislation…
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(Lansing-MPRN) - More low-level offenders will be able to have their criminal records erased from public records under a bill Governor Rick Snyder signed…
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The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Corrections says hiring a private vendor to provide food service for Michigan prisons is a…
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State corrections officials have reversed course and decided to privatize food services in Michigan’s prisons. The Gongwer News Service says the decision…