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DETROIT - A lawmaker from western Michigan is leading an effort to possibly save millions of dollars in the criminal justice system. Rep. Joe Haveman, a…
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Last year, more than 10,000 people came out of prison in Michigan. Of those, about a third live in metro Detroit.And as the city attempts a comeback, more…
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - New legislation in Lansing is designed to help inmates find a job when they leave prison.The bills would let Michigan certify…
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There are calls in Lansing to overhaul Michigan’s parole system. Advocates say the state keeps people in prison far longer than necessary.And, we went…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield overhaul passes Senate"Legislation to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan easily passed the state Senate Wednesday. The…
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A lawsuit filed this week alleges the state Department of Corrections has been too lax in supervising roughly 18,000 paroled felons in Michigan.The…
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A Grand Rapids suburb has adopted zoning changes (on page 31) that will limit where the state and federal government can house people on parole. The…
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The Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming is considering changes that would limit where people paroled from jail or prison could live.Most parolees go home when…
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Michigan is one of the nation’s leaders in prisoner rehabilitation according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. The number of Michigan parolees…
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It is too early to tell if Governor Rick Snyder’s executive order to move the job of paroling prisoners from Governor’s appointees back to the Department…