Money from the funds is not supposed to be spent on prison operations, but the MDOC has an expansive definition of spending ...

Former Michigan Department of Corrections officer Kernef Jackson of Saginaw pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs into the St. Louis Correctional Facility in Gratiot County two years ago.

The Detroit Free Press has documented five fatal and two nonfatal falls or jumps at two Jackson-area prisons since January 2020.

LANSING — A video of Michigan prison officers in riot gear confronting a caged and handcuffed inmate and twice spraying him with chemical agents has become a central issue in a federal court lawsuit.

Detroit mayoral candidates have raised $3 million, but one campaign's coffers include funds from three felons and a CEO in a dispute with the city.

Corrections officer Kernef D. Jackson admitted to delivering narcotics to an inmate in a scheme that also allegedly involved ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI — Another Michigan prisoner has jumped from an upper railing in a Jackson-area prison. An inmate at the Parnall Correctional Facility, 1780 E. Parnall Road, intentionally fell from ...

A historic building that once housed Jackson’s first state prison will be transformed into a year-round farmers’ market to address food insecurity in the city.

A lawsuit alleging that the Michigan Department of Corrections instructed guards to use body cameras during routine strip searches at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County ...

Michigan City officials are asking the governor to restore an agreement to redevelop the Indiana State Prison site. The previous agreement was rescinded when the governor decided to keep the prison ...

A former Michigan resident charged with sexually exploiting a teenager has been sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison. Edward Eugene Smith, 35, learned his fate Thursday in the 28th Circuit Court for ...