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Taking part in education or work programs could allow Michigan prisoners to reduce their prison time under bills introduced Tuesday in the state Senate.

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…

Sentencing people to prison instead of probation can have some long-lasting effects, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan.It found…

You might think of Heidi Washington as the chief of 40,000 people scattered across the state in 30 different camps. Except she has much more power over…

State legislators return to Lansing this week and there’s a lot on the agenda.State Senator John Proos (R-St. Joseph) hopes the state House will act on a…

There are 2.2 million people now incarcerated in American prisons. Each year, hundreds of thousands of those inmates are released.One of the most…

In a story we aired yesterday on European prisons, we learned the apparent key to reducing recidivism. In Europe, keeping family ties intact is…

Michigan’s rate of people returning to prison continues its steady decline.The recidivism rate is now at 29%. That’s an all-time low for the state. It’s a…

The State of Michigan spends a huge part of its budget on prisons. In recent years a new program has helped reduce the prison population and helped…

These are the basic questions being raised after Governor Rick Snyder announced "an exciting opportunity to continue the reinvention of Michigan" in a…