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Michigan launches ambitious plan to address prison violence and officer shortages

The initiative identifies five key areas that impact prison safety: prisoner classification and bed space; contraband ...
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One Michigan prison is getting more beds for high security inmates as another closes temporarily

One Michigan prison is converting existing beds to accommodate high-security prisoners to enhance prison safety while another ...
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MDOC Unveils New Measures to Protect Staff and Inmates

Michigan corrections officials have launched a “safe prisons initiative” designed to improve safety for staff and inmates amid a rising number of assaults in state facilities. According to Bridge ...
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Court sides with MDOC in Women's Huron Valley scabies case

LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - The United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on March 26, 2026, that Michigan Department of ...
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MDOC increasing high security beds, closing housing unit in Chippewa County

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is closing a Level II housing unit at the Chippewa Correctional Facility and ...

MDOC sending violent inmates to low-security housing, officers say

It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs ...