It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs more high-security beds.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Incarcerated Michiganders will no longer have access to original copies of confidential and legal mail to combat drug trafficking, the Michigan Department of Corrections ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is celebrating the graduation of over 250 students that took part in higher education prison programs. MDOC said the completion of a ...

For nearly three years, lawmakers needed to give a 72-hour advance notice if they wanted to inspect a correctional facility, reducing access to and oversight of the state’s prisons. That delay has ...

Krystal Clark, an inmate at Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County, is pictured (left) as she entered prison. The other photo shows her face swollen and contorted. Credit: Michigan ...

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 ...

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, ...

LANSING, MI – Reports of hazardous mold growth, drug smuggling and retaliation within Michigan’s only prison for women led to a hearing before the House Oversight Committee Tuesday morning.