Prison News | Michigan

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Education & Rehabilitation

Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty

Gangs in Prison

• Saginaw 'Gang Task Force' back on city streets through FBI, Michigan State Police partnership
  
  SAGINAW, MI — After nearly two years on the shelf, the police agency commonly known as Saginaw's Gang Task Force is back on the streets.

  "Our job is to disrupt and dismantle," says FBI Senior Resident Agent Steven T. Flattery.

  The multi-agency force, which has operated in various incarnations since its inception in the mid-1990s, began working Saginaw's streets on May 12....[more]

  Saginaw News, Sunday, June 15, 2014
  
  
• Crime crackdown leads to gang member indictments
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A crackdown on crime in Detroit by a coalition of local, state and federal police agencies has led to charges against members of street and motorcycle gangs....[more]
  Associated Press, Friday, March 21, 2014
  
  
• Parolee offers inside look at prison life
  
  For the first time in 10 years, Kirk Herman is not spending Christmas behind bars. But he hasn't forgotten those still in prison, or heading there...[more]
  Associated Press Newswires, Tuesday, December 25, 2007
  
  
• Prisoner claims abuse caused him to run
  
  The claim failed to stop a judge from handing down an extension to prison terms he nearly completed before the March 13 incident...[more]
  Adrian Daily Telegram , Friday, June 8, 2007
  
  
• 133 arrested; judge orders deportation
  
  GRAND RAPIDS -- An 18-year-old Latin Kings gang member and a 30-year-old Chinese native ordered out of the countr...[more]
  The Grand Rapids Press, Friday, January 19, 2007
  
  

Health & Medical Treatment

Prison Classification, Placement, & Release

• Michigan's seriously ill inmates can be released early under new law
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed laws letting Michigan release seriously ill and incapacitated prisoners early by having them treated at nursing homes or hospitals instead....[more]
  Detroit Free Press, Thursday, May 23, 2019
  
  
• Schuette urges changes after prison break
  
  FILE- This file photo provided by the LaPorte County, Ind., Sheriff's Department shows Michael Elliot, who was arrested Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 in LaPorte County, Ind., more than 150 miles from the Ionia, Mich., Correctional Facility he escaped from on Feb. 2. On Monday, July 21, 2014, the Michigan Attorney General?s Office released a report of its findings in the Michael Elliot escape from the Ionia Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich. Feb. 2, 2014. Many of the AG?s recommendations to prevent another escape echo what MCO has been saying for years: staff the gun towers to deter escapes and prevent the introduction of contraband; restore the ful...[more]
  My San Antonio, Monday, July 21, 2014
  
  
• Corrections Department studies ways to improve updates to state' sex-offender registry
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Department of Corrections is studying ways to improve how the state's sex-offender registry is updated when an offender is released from prison...[more]
  Associated Press, Monday, August 5, 2013
  
  
• Closed state prison reopening in Detroit to temporarily detain people arrested in the city
  
  DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan prison surrounded by a Detroit neighborhood has reopened as a temporary detention center for those arrested in the city....[more]
  Associated Press, Thursday, August 1, 2013
  
  
• Michigan considers changes to prison sentencing guidelines after update about 15 years ago
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder are considering changes to prison sentencing guidelines that were last updated to be more stringent about 15 years ago......[more]
  Associated Press, Sunday, July 7, 2013
  
  

Prison Conditions & Corruption

• Genesee County jail deputy charged with obtaining drugs illegally, smuggling contraband
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A Genesee County jail deputy has been charged with obtaining drugs illegally and smuggling contraband into the facility......[more]
  Associated Press, Monday, July 8, 2013
  
  

Prison Life & Culture

• Corrections Department doesn't 'like' Michigan prisoner's Facebook page
  
  LANSING – A Michigan prisoner gave up his freedom but was not prepared to go without his social media....[more]
  Detroit Free Press, Wednesday, June 19, 2019
  
  
• Garden at Clare County Jail provides food for inmates, soup kitchen
  
  HARRISON, Mich. (AP) - Nerrance Conner once worked in his grandmother's garden, but Corey Scott is strictly city. Conner and Scott, both of Detroit, were among the trusties at the Clare County Jail recently tending to the many plants in the ......[more]
  Associated Press, Tuesday, July 9, 2013
  
  
• Parolee offers inside look at prison life
  
  For the first time in 10 years, Kirk Herman is not spending Christmas behind bars. But he hasn't forgotten those still in prison, or heading there...[more]
  Associated Press Newswires, Tuesday, December 25, 2007
  
  
• Prisoner claims abuse caused him to run
  
  The claim failed to stop a judge from handing down an extension to prison terms he nearly completed before the March 13 incident...[more]
  Adrian Daily Telegram , Friday, June 8, 2007
  
  

Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes

• Inmate Escapes From Michigan City Prison
  
  CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities in Michigan City, Indiana, said an inmate escaped from the Indiana State Prison Wednesday morning....[more]
  chicago.cbslocal.com, Wednesday, July 10, 2019
  
  
• Police release ID of 1 Saginaw shooting victim
  
  SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of one of two people who died in a shooting at a Saginaw home used as transitional housing for parolees....[more]
  Associated Press, Friday, September 27, 2013
  
  

Suicides in Prison

Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News

• Six Members of Transnational Hacking Group, “The Community,” Indicted for Crimes Related to SIM-Swap Hacks
  
  Six members of a transnational hacking group known as “The Community” have been indicted in the Eastern District of Michigan and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in relation to SWIM-swap hacks they allegedly conducted to steal cryptocurrencies by taking over victim’s cellphones....[more]
  Crowd Fund Insider, Sunday, May 12, 2019
  
  
• Male Guards Can Sue Over Jobs At Women’s Prison
  
  PITTSFIELD TWP. (AP) - The Michigan appeals court on Wednesday cleared the way for a class-action lawsuit by dozens of male guards who said they’ve been denied overtime and job assignments at the state’s only prison for women solely because they’re men.

  The court, 3-0, affirmed the decision of a Washtenaw County judge....[more]

  WWJ, Sunday, August 24, 2014
  
  
• Aramark facing $200,000 fine; prison union official calls penalty a 'slap on the wrist'
  
  LANSING — The state will fine Aramark an additional $200,000 and upgrade monitoring of its prison food service, but it has no plans to cancel the controversial contract, Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday....[more]
  Livingston Daily Press, Sunday, August 10, 2014
  
  
• Michigan corrections dept. acknowledges record-keeping 'failure' involving now-murder suspect
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Department of Corrections acknowledges it made a record-keeping mistake that prevented police from looking for a man who is charged in the slayings of two Dearborn discount store workers....[more]
  Associated Press, Saturday, July 27, 2013