Michigan has a sentencing problem. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, Michigan’s average prison sentence length is roughly three times the national average, and the state leads in the ...

LANSING — A video of Michigan prison officers in riot gear confronting a caged and handcuffed inmate and twice spraying him with chemical agents has become a central issue in a federal court lawsuit.

Tyler Venema was found unresponsive in his cell in 2017 after officers gave the mentally ill inmate a plastic bag. In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said the warden can be sued ...

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 ...

A 47-year-old prison inmate has taken a rare step in court and is not contesting the first-degree-murder charge against him for killing a fellow prisoner at the Macomb Correctional Facility. Michael ...

North Lake Correctional Facility, a former northern Michigan prison that’s now the largest immigration detention center in the Midwest, has opened. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed ...