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LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has announced a new low in the state’s recidivism rate, ...
The MDOC says Michigan’s corrections officer recruit training is considered some of the most comprehensive in the nation. During the 8-week academy, recruits learn the fundamentals of working as ...
One of the biggest stars of hit Netflix series Sex Education has been the Norwegian-inspired chalet home of lead characters Otis (Asa Butterfield) and his mother Jean (Gillian Anderson), and now ...
A Michigan Department of Corrections employee accuses a former spokesperson of sexual harassment, claiming the individual repeatedly coerced her into having sex.
DENVER, April 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Each day, field agents with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) strive to improve public safety by ...
Each position contains different education and experience requirements. In addition, a retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision insurance are all-inclusive for full-time employees, MDOC said ...
The MDOC has conducted this study since 1998 and, before 2019, never saw the recidivism rate fall below 23%. Recidivism is when someone who has previously served time re-enters the prison system.
"So, it only makes sense that correction officers have access to their education as well." MCC's Mary Cusack tells me that the state is funding $5 million to help pay the tuition for all MDOC ...
A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders being returned to prisons is at an all-time low ...
Questions about MDOC's censorship policies were raised in July through a Bridge Magazine investigation that found at least 60 technology instructional books were banned from prisons.
Disability Rights Mississippi filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday alleging disabled prisoners are suffering inhumane conditions at Parchman and other state prisons.
A former corrections officer, who is Arab American and Muslim, said his employment with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) was so horrible that he left after almost four years.