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

There are 5,100 corrections officers that oversee roughly 33,000 inmates across 26 Michigan prisons. Subscribe to our News 10 newsletter and YouTube page to receive the latest local news and weather.

The redevelopment of a 19th Century State Prison is a far more complicated process that requires coordinated leadership from the State of Indiana and the City of Michigan City,” said Farr.

All four, who are free on bond, are suspended from their jobs without pay, Michigan Department of Corrections spokeswoman Jenni Riehle said. The prisoner they allegedly assaulted on July 7, 2024 ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WNDU) - One of Michigan City’s largest employers will close its doors, and the mayor couldn’t be more pleased. 416 people now work at the Indiana State Prison, which is ...

Reimagination project underway for Indiana State Prison site in Michigan City. Story by Melissa Stephens ... and residents were invited to give feedback on the future of the Indiana State Prison site.

Michigan City is getting a head start on planning for life after Indiana State Prison closes. Last week, a plan was unveiled to shut down the 163-year-old prison in Michigan City in about four years.

Michigan already allows people with felony convictions to regain their voting rights once they're out of prison, but now the state will go one step further and expand automatic registration to ...

The state prison population peaked at more than 51,500 in 2007. The rate of prisoners convicted of another offense after they are released has dropped from 45% to 23.6% over the past 20 years.

In the last fiscal year, 1,744 employees left the Michigan Department of Corrections, a turnover rate of 15.6%. Of those, 681 were corrections officers, and 106 had fewer than five years' experience.

A MDOC spokesperson said they are hiring corrections officers at all state prisons because it says it knows staffing levels are an issue. According to data from the State of Michigan since 2018 ...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said the prison employees’ actions, including the warden, led to Lancaster’s death in 2019. For days, a judge listened to testimony about what happened ...