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Michigan’s prisons are in crisis: The state cannot find enough corrections officers to staff them. Older officers are retiring, others are quitting, and…
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(MPRN-Lansing) An effective food system in the state’s prisons should go beyond just feeding prisoners. That’s the message of some lawmakers in the state…
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(MPRN-Lansing) The state House has adopted bills that would allow prisoners in advanced stages of illness including cancer and dementia to be paroled for…
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(MPRN-Lansing) People convicted of crimes would have to listen to victim statements at their sentencing hearings – if a bill making its way through the…
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(MPRN-Lansing) More problems plague the food in Michigan’s prisons. This time it’s maggots. An investigation by the Detroit Free Press found three…
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(MPRN-Detroit) The first hearings to compensate people who’ve been wrongfully convicted started Wednesday; but some left the courtroom unsatisfied. The…
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(MPRN-Lansing) State lawmakers are taking another run at establishing a database for criminal justice information. Governor Rick Snyder vetoed an earlier…
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A Detroit man spent over 41 years in prison. In June, he became a free man and his conviction was vacated thanks in large part to the work of the Western…
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(MPRN-Lansing) The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission will be able to continue its work. Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation Wednesday…
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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…