Corrections Department

A new federal law allowing incarcerated individuals to access Pell Grants has created new educational opportunities. Jonathan Roden, a former prisoner who, after serving 23 years, is now back inside a Michigan correctional facility as a coordinator for a new Wayne State University program.

A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders being returned to prisons is at an all-time low.

A Michigan Department of Corrections employee is suing the department and its former communications director on allegations of sexual harassment and workplace retaliation.

New state reports find guards at three of Michigan’s prisons were likely falsifying logbooks from cell searches and conducting them too quickly.

The Michigan Legislature has passed bills to enhance retirement benefits for corrections officers in hopes of easing a staffing shortage in state prisons.

A plan to allow Michigan corrections officers access to the State Police Retirement System passed the Michigan Senate Wednesday

A declining number of working corrections officers in Michigan prisons has the officer union complaining of an exhausted workforce and sometimes dangerous working conditions

Michigan prisons have hundreds of staff shortages. A bill adopted Tuesday by the state House could help address the problem.

The state department of corrections estimates it has about 770 unfilled jobs.

Starting Monday, Michigan National Guard medical personnel will visit the six prisons in the Upper Peninsula to help the Michigan Department of…