Criminals have been spraying synthetic drugs like marijuana on paper that appears to be from a lawyer. Starting next year, ...

Michigan is tightening its mail policy after finding synthetic drugs embedded in paper sent under the guise of legal or confidential mail. The department says the updated approach creates another ...

MDOC says the January 5 shift is part of a broader effort to reduce contraband, improve staff safety, and limit overdose risks inside facilities. The department has not announced whether it plans to ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is celebrating the graduation of over 250 students that took part in higher education prison programs. MDOC said the completion of a ...

A federal lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging toxic mold at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility made inmates ill, may move forward after a judge rejected the ...

Krystal Clark, an inmate at Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County, is pictured (left) as she entered prison. The other photo shows her face swollen and contorted. Credit: Michigan ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has reported the lowest rate of reoffense – or recidivism – on state record. The rate MDOC reported to the state legislature was ...

For nearly three years, lawmakers needed to give a 72-hour advance notice if they wanted to inspect a correctional facility, reducing access to and oversight of the state’s prisons. That delay has ...

The funds held more than $19 million at the end of 2024 but receive no scrutiny from lawmakers. Some Michigan inmates say that despite large balances in the funds intended to help them, they can't ...

This facility is located on the eastern side of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Staff members said the bobcat jumped out from the wire, ran around the perimeter of the facility and climbed up a tree. They ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) mental health employee has been charged in connection with an alleged inappropriate relationship with an inmate under her care, ...

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.