MDOC

Today on Stateside, the Michigan Department of Corrections has hired a mental health specialist to run an employee mental wellness program in response to…

Michigan’s prisons are in crisis. The state cannot find enough corrections officers to staff them. Older officers are retiring, others are quitting, and…

Michigan is projecting a continued decrease of its prisoner population this year, and with that comes a decrease in prisons.The state House and Senate…

Last year, a state prisoner complained of chest pain and difficulty breathing. According to a Detroit Free Press report, 37-year-old John Stein at the…

Inmates at a mid-Michigan prison are on lockdown after gang related fighting.Multiple fights broke out over the course of several days. They started…

The Michigan Department of Corrections announced that a prison in Muskegon Heights will close in March.Nearly 175 people work at the West Shoreline…

The Michigan Department of Corrections has revised its policy on transition-related care for transgender inmates. Before the change, inmates were only…

The State Senate proposed reducing funding for Michigan prisons, because the number of prisoners in the state continues to decline. But MDOC officials are…

State police are requesting a warrant as a result of their investigation into the death of Janika Edmond, a 25-year-old inmate who apparently hung herself…

Michigan corrections workers did not properly document prisoner transfers between October 2013 and September of last year. That’s according to a new…