In pleading guilty, an additional felony charge of bringing contraband into a prison will be dismissed at sentencing.

The Senate panel's action followed a series of Free Press articles about fatal jumps and falls at two Jackson-area Michigan ...

The Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility is accused of having severe cases of black mold, and some say the public needs to be involved in this issue.

The Michigan Department of Corrections reported larger numbers in its recruitment classes last week, but the union that represents current corrections officers says that while the increase is good ...

(NOTE: Kensu claims innocence despite a murder conviction almost forty years ago. Wrestling with the legal system to overturn ...

MDOC is well aware of its trafficking issues. “The Michigan Department of Corrections makes continuous efforts to stop the introduction of all contraband, including illicit drugs, from entering ...

Months after Michigan corrections officers said staffing at the state's prisons had dropped to "dangerous" levels that may require National Guard assistance, the state Department of Corrections ...

Jenni Riehle, a spokeswoman for Michigan Department of Corrections Director Heidi Washington, confirmed Robinson's death April 15 and described it as resulting from a fall from an upper gallery.

LANSING — Audits released Thursday, March 27, point to significant security failures at two Ionia prisons. Corrections officers apparently falsified cell search records and frequently took less ...