Michigan corrections officials say expanded access to identification documents is helping lower the state’s recidivism rate.

LANSING, MI – All mail including confidential and legal mail for prisoners in Michigan will now be provided as a photocopy. The Michigan Department of Corrections announced Monday, Dec. 8, that it is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) — The Michigan Department of Corrections will be cracking down on attempts to smuggle contraband into state prisons through a new mail policy, the department announced Monday.

MICHIGAN,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is implementing a new policy to photocopy all incoming mail for inmates, retaining original documents to prevent the smuggling ...