prisoners

We explore details of the historic exchange that allowed the U.S. to welcome home Michigander Paul Whelan from a Russian prison.

Today, how millions in emergency funding intended for Michigan restaurants were misspent during the pandemic. Also, a journey of mourning that brought West Michigan poet Marcel Price to a new creative place. Plus, advocate Dee Dee Taylor talks about helping Michiganders transition out of incarceration, through the lens of her own father’s experience.

Details about the aftermath in Southwest Michigan. At least 11 tornadoes touched down in the region last night. Then, the story of an acclaimed culinary program changes lives from within the walls of Michigan’s Lakeland Correctional Facility. Plus, the young designers bringing fresh ideas to the fashion industry at the College for Creative Studies.

Just how successful is Michigan pothole damage repair fund? Then bringing your native homeland to your Michigan garden. And how prison art gives identity to inmates usually labeled by numbers.

Nation Outside is teaming up with the Genesee County Sheriff’s office to launch a pilot program to encourage landlords to rent to former inmates, with assurances for rent and security deposit.

In Michigan and across the United States, inmates and their families face high costs associated with incarceration. In Washtenaw County, Sheriff Jerry Clayton is working to reduce those costs.

Three female inmates are suing the Wayne County Jail over what they call embarrassing, humiliating, and degrading alleged strip search practices.The…

The Next IdeaMost offenders in Michigan’s prisons will someday be released. Figuring out what to do next is difficult. Some may lack skills, and employers…

Michigan is more than doubling the capacity of a special job-training program for qualified prisoners who are nearing their release.The state has opened a…

You might think of Heidi Washington as the chief of 40,000 people scattered across the state in 30 different camps. Except she has much more power over…