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 retaliation.

A Michigan Department of Corrections employee accuses a former spokesperson of sexual harassment, claiming the individual repeatedly coerced her into having sex. The lawsuit was filed by Lisa Gass ...

LANSING. Mich. – The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) Emergency Response Team (ERT) took First Place in the overall team competition at this year’s Mock Riot in Moundsville, West ...

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 ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections used its Emergency Response Team to conduct a mass search at a prison in Macomb County on Monday after the latest in a series of inmate-on-inmate assaults ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections is celebrating a record number of recruits. This comes amid a shortage of correction officers, many of whom say they are overworked and underpaid.

Gautz's actions included sending Gass videos on Dec. 25, 2021, of a female MDOC employee performing oral sex on him, according to the suit. With the video, Gautz sent a message telling Gass to ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections is launching a new system targeting the mailing of contraband to inmates through privileged mail. Privileged mail — correspondence sent by attorneys ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Corrections will implement a new system for verifying confidential, privileged, and special handling mail sent to incarcerated individuals ...

A Michigan Department of Corrections employee filed a lawsuit alleging that the prison system’s former spokesperson coerced her into having sex with him while he was her supervisor.

Burns and Leavitt are both still employed by the MDOC. Leavitt has still not returned to the ERT, his attorney said. Contact reporter Matt Mencarini at 517-377-1026 or [email protected] .

After the Michigan Department of Corrections lifted its ban on non-English-language dictionaries, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging MDOC to take it a step further and rescind its ban on ...