-
This week in Michigan Politics, political analyst Jack Lessenberry talks about wrongfully convicted prisoners possibly getting compensation, new attempts…
-
Law enforcement officials gathered in Detroit Wednesday to encourage area employers to hire more former prisoners.Studies show that of the 13,000…
-
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's prison system is defending against a major lawsuit that claims guards and other employees failed to prevent the sexual…
-
All across Michigan, serious questions are being raised about the way our state deals with criminals.The annual price tag for corrections in Michigan is…
-
There's a new effort underway to help the families of Michigan inmates cope with having someone they love in prison. It's a pilot program that centers on…
-
There's no arguing the fact that more women are being put behind bars. The female prison population in this country rose 646% from 1980 to 2010, largely…
-
Just because you've been found guilty of a crime and sentenced to prison, doesn't mean you no longer have a voice, an opinion, something to say.And that's…
-
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…
-
When the public hears that a prisoner has been sentenced to serve time in jail, most of us allow ourselves to think that the guilty party will do the…
-
More than three-hundred works of art are on display at the University of Michigan by artists who are incarcerated prisoners. Independent producer and U of…