Department of Corrections

The Michigan Department of Corrections is taking heat from state lawmakers over staffing shortages.

The Secretary of State and Department of Corrections this week announced the launch of a returning citizens initiative - putting state IDs in the hands of…

New legislation in the state Senate would create a long list of required items for the Department of Corrections to report when it closes a prison.The…

Another Michigan prison is getting a new facility to help inmates learn skilled trades.The Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility’s Vocational Village…

The state’s budget for the department of corrections will likely include another prison closure.This would be the third closure in Michigan in three…

State spending plans are moving swiftly through the legislature. A number were voted on last week, many of them with deep cuts from what the governor…

The Michigan Department of Corrections is sending out letters to lawmakers this week, pleading for changes to a proposed budget that would cut 41 million…