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After 19 months of maggoty food, traces of rodents, workers engaging in sex acts with inmates, and much more, the state of Michigan today has terminated...
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There's no denying that state spending and budgets are stretched tight, and it's forcing a fresh look at the soaring costs of our prisons. What are we...
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There's a new plan to reopen the so-called 'punk prison' near Baldwin, and to bring 300 high-security inmates from Vermont to northern Michigan. The…
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If you are a 17-year-old and you break a law here in Michigan, you’re going to be tried as an adult. Michigan is one of nine states that tries 17-year...
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State Attorney General Bill Schuette says his office will investigate a possible murder-for-hire plot involving a prison food service worker.Michigan…
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Gov. Rick Snyder is staying silent on the latest scandal related to the state’s prison food service contract. That’s while the matter is under…
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In 1980, Michigan’s corrections budget was 3% of the state’s general fund. Now it is 20% of the general fund. What caused this increase? Ken Sikkema,...
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A report by the Michigan Attorney General's office has found both human and technology failures played a part in the prison escape of a convicted…
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The Michigan Supreme Court says felons sentenced as juveniles to life without parole won’t get new sentences. That’s despite a US Supreme Court ruling…
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The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local courts cannot charge indiscriminate fees to defendants.