Michigan Department of Corrections

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.

A Michigan mother refuses to let her son wait decades for the parole-mandated classes he needs, turning to outside education programs like the nonprofit Level when the prison system offers none.

Prisoners at Michigan’s only women’s prison are suing the state, claiming they’ve been forced to live with toxic black mold for years. After six years of legal back and forth, a district judge is letting the case move forward.

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

The Michigan Corrections Organization says a staffing shortage is so severe and dangerous that the National Guard should be called in to help with security.

The Michigan Department of Corrections said Tuesday that it achieved the second-lowest recidivism rate since it started tracking that data.