Related: 10-year double in overtime at Michigan prisons taking toll on guards and inmates LANSING, MI – A trio of bills aimed at helping to solve Michigan’s prison staffing crisis were passed in the ...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has announced a new low in the state’s recidivism rate, ...

A federal lawsuit claims inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment.The lawsuit was filed against the Mississippi Department of Corrections ...

A federal lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging toxic mold at the Women’s Huron Valley ...

MDOC Director Dan Heyns says prison museum is Jackson accepting its history. Published: Jun. 24, ... There are 28 stops inside the cell block, including maps, prison-made furniture, photos, ...

The state’s prison population of 32,000 is the lowest it has been in more than 30 years, MDOC officials said. Michigan’s prison population peaked in March 2007 when it stood at 51,554.

SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - An investigation prompted by the possibility that drugs were getting into a Mid-Michigan prison leads to three people being charged, including a corrections officer. Kernef ...

Pugh was identified by law enforcement on July 6 after surveillance video at an MDOC prison showed Pugh throwing six packages of contraband over a fence. (See video here or at https: ...

A Michigan Department of Corrections employee has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the agency, its director, and its former media relations spokesperson of sexual abuse, harassment, and ...

The prison population is at a more than 30-year low at about 32,000 inmates, according to the department. It peaked in 2007 at more than 51,000 people incarcerated at prisons across the state.

The closure of Michigan Reformatory in Ionia in November will drastically reduce the need for mandated overtime at the three remaining facilities there due to an ongoing staff shortage, officials s… ...