Michigan Department of Corrections

The Michigan Department of Corrections is taking heat from state lawmakers over staffing shortages. Colin Jackson has more.Senate Oversight Committee…

Eastern Michigan University has launched a Returning Citizens Fellows Program that will help formerly incarcerated individuals obtain higher education.…

The state corrections officers union is calling for Michigan Corrections Department Director Heidi Washington to lose her job. Rick Pluta reports.The…

The state department in charge of Michigan’s prisons is not happy with a proposed spending plan in the state Legislature. Cheyna Roth has more.A spending…

Michigan’s prisons are in crisis: The state cannot find enough corrections officers to staff them. Older officers are retiring, others are quitting. And…

Michigan’s top prosecutor is on board with proposed changes to how the state parole board determines if an inmate can be released from prison. Last year,…

A mid-Michigan prison is on lockdown after several days of fighting among dozens of inmates. The incident is gang related.Inmates at a mid-Michigan prison…

The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether police officers illegally searched the backpack of a passenger in a stopped vehicle. The passenger says…

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 Senate.The…

The state House has adopted bills that would allow prisoners in advanced stages of illness, including cancer and dementia to be paroled for medical…