A bobcat was seen hanging out on a fence outside a Michigan prison on Tuesday. The sighting was at the Chippewa Correctional ...

Michigan has a sentencing problem. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, Michigan’s average prison sentence length is roughly three times the national average, and the state leads in the ...

DETROIT, Mich. — Michigan prisons are implementing new software that aims to prevent contraband, such as letters laced with drugs from entering the facilities. Starting in January, all 26 prison ...

The funds held more than $19 million at the end of 2024 but receive no scrutiny from lawmakers. Some Michigan inmates say that despite large balances in the funds intended to help them, they can't ...

Tyler Venema was found unresponsive in his cell in 2017 after officers gave the mentally ill inmate a plastic bag. In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said the warden can be sued ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Corrections has released new data this week showing sharp declines in our state’s prison population. The department says helping people become ...

JACKSON, MI — About a dozen current and former state prison officials in Jackson County are accused of ignoring pleas for help from a prisoner in mental distress before he was injured in a 30-foot ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Ever since the infamous 2001 “Cold War” between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, outdoor hockey games have become a fun, albeit somewhat common ...

A 47-year-old prison inmate has taken a rare step in court and is not contesting the first-degree-murder charge against him for killing a fellow prisoner at the Macomb Correctional Facility. Michael ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) mental health employee has been charged in connection with an alleged inappropriate relationship with an inmate under her care, ...