Across the United States, state prison systems are grappling with chronic understaffing and overcrowding — dual crises that ...

President Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of a Michigan man who was on death row for killing a woman more than 20 years ...

Tolliver was arrested and evidence will be presented to a grand jury.

The original Michigan State Prison a/k/a Jackson State Prison, began as a wooden fort in 1839 with 35 inmates. The first permanent prison was constructed in 1842 and 84 years later, in 1926, the ...

Justices will hear arguments on cases that seek to expand “juvenile lifer" law to allow youth offenders serving life to get a ...

President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Michigan's only prisoner on death row federally. The state has long outlawed the ...

State Sen. Ed McBroom supported the final vote on legislation to allow Michigan corrections officers a new option to join a pension plan similar to other statewide officers, like state police troopers ...

Eric Holcomb wants the people of Michigan City, and their elected representatives, to decide how to repurpose the Indiana State Prison property once the Department of Correction vacates it in a ...