https://www.wcmu.org/tags/jail Jail en-US Copyright Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:38:10 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-12/former-u-of-m-football-coach-sherrone-moore-arraigned-in-washtenaw-county Moore, who was fired this week following an internal investigation, faces charges of stalking, home invasion, and breaking and entering. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:38:10 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-12/former-u-of-m-football-coach-sherrone-moore-arraigned-in-washtenaw-county Alex McLenon https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-04-08/study-finds-genesee-county-jail-education-program-reduces-recidivism "This is how you restore faith and hope. This is how keep people from being incarcerated, how you keep victims from being revictimized," said Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson. Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-04-08/study-finds-genesee-county-jail-education-program-reduces-recidivism Steve Carmody https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-02-09/one-mans-fight-to-bring-back-visits-in-the-wayne-county-jail When Darrell Ewing landed in the Wayne County Jail a year and a half ago, he found a lot of people struggling. Courts were backed up because of the pandemic, and Ewing said people around him lost loved ones or saw relationships fall apart while they waited – sometimes for years – for their trials to begin. On top of that, no one in the jail had been able to see their friends or family since the jail shut down in-person visitation when COVID broke out in March of 2020. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:07:54 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-02-09/one-mans-fight-to-bring-back-visits-in-the-wayne-county-jail Beenish Ahmed https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-01-03/heating-issues-at-wayne-county-jail-left-people-cold-as-temperatures-dipped People detained at the Wayne County Jail say one of the buildings had issues with heating last weekend. Sources detained in the jail say temperatures began to drop on Friday and the Division 2 jail building stayed cold through Monday. Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:37:10 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-01-03/heating-issues-at-wayne-county-jail-left-people-cold-as-temperatures-dipped Beenish Ahmed https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-03-23/good-time-ballot-to-help-inmates-reduce-time-in-prison The ‘Good Time’ ballot initiative would give state inmates a way to reduce their time in prison. Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:49:52 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-03-23/good-time-ballot-to-help-inmates-reduce-time-in-prison Russell McNamara https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-11-17/truth-in-sentencing-repeal-drive-to-launch-in-2022 A petition drive to repeal Michigan’s “truth-in-sentencing” law expects to begin signature gathering early next year. Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:39:47 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-11-17/truth-in-sentencing-repeal-drive-to-launch-in-2022 https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-07-27/jail-diversion-bills Bi-partisan legislation to improve mental health emergency response programs is heading to the state House of Representatives. Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:51:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-07-27/jail-diversion-bills Colin Jackson | MPRN https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-01-04/whitmer-signs-jail-alternative-bills Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a sweeping set of laws that are designed to reduce the number of people being sent to jail and to help people… Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:20:49 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-01-04/whitmer-signs-jail-alternative-bills Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2020-12-23/jail-alternatives-waiting-on-whitmer-signature There are 20 bills awaiting Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s signature that would constitute the state’s biggest criminal justice overhaul in decades. The goal… Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:07:16 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2020-12-23/jail-alternatives-waiting-on-whitmer-signature Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2020-07-22/jail-task-force-pushes-bills-related-to-non-violent-offenders Members of a bipartisan jail reform task force are pushing bills to keep many non-violent offenders out of jail. Legislators on the task force says the… Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:08:28 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2020-07-22/jail-task-force-pushes-bills-related-to-non-violent-offenders Tracy Samilton