criminal justice

Kalamazoo County commissioners have approved funding for a controversial first-of-its-kind health program by the narrowest of margins.

A clinic Friday, February 7, will help eliminate a barrier to employment for people in Kalamazoo with criminal records. The Kalamazoo City Attorney’s Office is partnering with the Kalamazoo Defender indigent criminal defense program, the courts, and the Kalamazoo County Bar Association for a free "Expungement Clinic."

(MPRN-Lansing) Experts in mental health and criminal justice were in Lansing Tuesday. It was part of Governor Rick Snyder’s efforts to overhaul both systems and help people struggling with addiction, unemployment, and, sometimes, criminal behavior.