Michigan Prisons

Pawsitive Connections, a dog training program at the Central Michigan Correctional Facility in St. Louis, is helping teach inmates valuable life skills.

Tim Ward is biking 2400 miles across the state to spread awareness and raise donations under the initiative Tracing Michigan by Chance for Life. The nonprofit organization works with prisons in Michigan to develop decision making and critical thinking skills for inmates to prepare them to adapt to daily life.

The highly contagious omicron variant continues to spread inside Michigan’s prisons, as state officials employ strategies like vaccination and testing. But some inmates fear catching the virus is inevitable.

Citizens for Prison Reform released a report this week calling for the decreased use of solitary confinement in Michigan prisons.Citizens for Prison…

Michigan continued a trend last year of fewer felons returning to prison for committing new crimes for violating the terms of their parole. That’s…