Corrections https://www.wcmu.org/tags/corrections Corrections en-US Copyright Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:59:11 GMT Mid-Michigan attorney facing jail time after smuggling drugs into St. Louis prison https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-24/mid-michigan-attorney-facing-jailtime-after-smuggling-drugs-into-st-louis-prison Jayne Carver is facing four felony counts after allegedly smuggling over 100 grams of controlled substances into Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:59:11 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-24/mid-michigan-attorney-facing-jailtime-after-smuggling-drugs-into-st-louis-prison Brianna Edgar ‘Get it out of here’: Protesters oppose reopening Baldwin correctional facility https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-22/get-it-out-of-here-protesters-oppose-reopening-baldwin-correctional-facility Protesters oppose the reopening of the North Lake Correctional Facility, which is now operating as a federal immigration processing center under GEO Group. Activists call the facility a profit-driven system that exploits vulnerable communities, calling for its closure. Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:53:19 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-22/get-it-out-of-here-protesters-oppose-reopening-baldwin-correctional-facility Mia Kerner MI high court says state must pay costs for inmates’ volunteer attorneys https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-26/mi-high-court-says-state-must-pay-costs-for-inmates-volunteer-attorneys The Michigan Supreme Court says the state Department of Corrections must pay volunteer attorneys who represented inmates in a freedom of information case. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:55:20 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-26/mi-high-court-says-state-must-pay-costs-for-inmates-volunteer-attorneys Rick Pluta | MPRN Michigan prison inmates will no longer be able to receive hand made birthday cards under new rules https://www.wcmu.org/politics/2017-08-14/michigan-prison-inmates-will-no-longer-be-able-to-receive-hand-made-birthday-cards-under-new-rules The Michigan Department of Corrections is instituting new rules around inmate mail to stop the inflow of drugs.New rules will restrict everything from… Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:11:14 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/politics/2017-08-14/michigan-prison-inmates-will-no-longer-be-able-to-receive-hand-made-birthday-cards-under-new-rules For state’s corrections budget, what’s really at stake is a second chance https://www.wcmu.org/politics/2017-06-06/for-states-corrections-budget-whats-really-at-stake-is-a-second-chance The state is hammering out its budget. And lawmakers are having a sharp disagreement with the governor’s office over one of Michigan’s biggest price tags… Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:23:01 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/politics/2017-06-06/for-states-corrections-budget-whats-really-at-stake-is-a-second-chance