Michigan Department of Corrections

The Michigan Department of Civil Rights has charged the Michigan Department of Corrections with religious discrimination and retaliation against a Muslim inmate.

Using data from correctional records, court documents, and charging reports, Michigan Public analyzed how county prosecutors use the state’s felony murder law.

Dalephenia Jones, 62, died at Trinity Health Hospital Thursday, two weeks after being transported to the emergency room for what hospital staff believe was a cardiac event. Her death follows three before her whose deaths are all still under investigation.

A pair of bills introduced would expand the authority of Michigan’s Legislative Corrections Ombudsman.

Following the launch of a new state transparency website claiming "normal" fungal conditions at Michigan’s only women's prison, advocates for ill inmate Krystal Clark issued a open letter demanding her release.

Rebecca Fackler, 57, died on Sunday while incarcerated at Huron Valley women’s prison. The Michigan Department of Corrections didn't provide a cause of death.

The death of a 28-year-old woman at Michigan’s only women’s prison is drawing renewed scrutiny over conditions inside the facility.

The Michigan Department of Corrections shipped 90 new wheelchairs to the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility after a report identified accessibility failures.

The program, a collaboration between the Michigan Department of Corrections and the Michigan Department of State, began in 2020.

Kent County resident Joe Cedillo has been out of prison for a year. He spent nearly 40 years in prison for a crime he committed at 18. Stateside Producer Michelle Jokisch Polo caught up with Cedillo and his family at their home in Grand Rapids.