Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law Friday a bill that authorizes the state of Michigan to transfer the Detroit Detention ...

Starting this fall, two dozen Macomb Correctional Facility inmates will be eligible to earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology ...

The South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville became the state's third prison to open a new chapel for its ...

Meshach J. Williams, 31, of Troy, Michigan, was sentenced to 2-4 years in the Nebraska Department of Corrections by District Court Judge Michael Piccolo.

Justin Jack Miller, 30, of Escanaba, Michigan, in February admitted he coerced a 10-year-old girl into sending him sexually explicit material by pretending to be a 14-year-old boy on Instagram ...

Michigan state park staff noticed that pay pipes at remote campground sites in Luce County came up "way short on campsite ...

At the end of 2024, the state had 32,778 prisoners, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. The state’s prison population peaked in 2007, with a population of 51,554 prisoners.

The GEO Group-run detention center has sparked civil rights concerns in a historically Black community just a few miles away.

The property, previously a maximum security prison managed by the Michigan Department of Corrections, has been closed since 2009. Despite its closure, the state has continued to maintain the facility.

Seth Zakora, 21, died from a fentanyl overdose at Lakeland prison in Coldwater on Jan. 22, 2017; There were two other drug overdoses in Zakora's unit in the days before his death, caused by fentanyl.

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – A Michigan Department of Corrections Officer accused of smuggling drugs into the prison that employs him near Jackson has been sentenced to jail and probation.

As the National Guard exits Florida prisons, the state faces ongoing staffing challenges. Salary hikes and hiring efforts are helping ease the crisis.