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The state’s prisons have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 50% of Michigan’s prison inmates have been infected by the virus.As inmate Debra…
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Five Michigan inmates died this past weekend of COVID-19, bringing the total number of inmate deaths statewide to 94. 42% of state prisoners have now been…
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The number of inmates in Michigan prisons testing positive for COVID-19 has more than doubled in just two weeks.Currently, 2,790 inmates are considered…
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There's a big outbreak of COVID-19 at the Marquette Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula.Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz says it…
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Updated: 6/18/2020Sixty eight people have died of COVID-19 so far in Michigan prisons, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections.It's the second…
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Starting Monday, Michigan National Guard medical personnel will visit the six prisons in the Upper Peninsula to help the Michigan Department of…
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A federal district judge has ordered Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard to take steps to protect inmates housed at the jail from the…
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Attorneys, advocates, family members and inmates are calling on Governor Gretchen Whitmer to use her executive authority to reduce prison populations.As…
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A second inmate in a Michigan prison has died of COVID-19. This death is an urgent concern, say advocates. That's because it happened in a prison that…
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The Michigan Department of Corrections has partnered with DTE Energy and IBEW Local 17 to train inmates in trimming trees.MDOC worked very closely with…