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Wayne County carjacker accidentally let loose by Ohio jail
Christopher Bibbs Jr. was serving four to 10 years in prison when he was incorrectly released
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Michigan Department of corrections, prison, Christopher Bibbs, Wayne County, carjacking, Thumb Correctional Facility, Lapeer, Ohio
Whitmer’s crackdown on violent crime gets 254 guns off the streets
Operation Safe Neighborhoods is aimed at confiscating illegal guns from parolees and probationers who are not legally permitted to possess a firearm
Tags: Michigan News, News, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, Operation Safe Neighborhoods, guns, parole, probation, Michigan Department of Corrections
Rally outside women’s prison in Michigan to shine light on alleged ‘rape punishment’ of inmates
Tags: Huron Valley Correctional Facility, sexual assault, prison, Michigan, Michigan Department of Corrections, retaliation, civil rights
New policy allows Michigan prisoners to view virtual funerals of immediate family members
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: News Hits, Michigan Department of Corrections, funeral
Deputy wardens sue 'white dominated' Michigan Department of Corrections, allege racial discrimination
Tags: Michigan, prisons, warden, Lawsuit, racism, discrimination, Michigan Department of Corrections, Attorneys, Jim Rasor
Highly contagious COVID-19 variant infects 90 people at prison in West Michigan
Tags: Bellamy Creel Correctional Facility, Ionia, coronavirus, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, COVID-19 variant, prisons, jails, Michigan Department of Corrections
More than a third of inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in four Michigan prisons
Tags: Michigan, prisons, Michigan Department of Corrections, Muskegon Correctional Facility, G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, Gus Harrison Correctional Facility, Lakeland Correctional Facility, inmates coronavirus, COVID-19
Whitmer calls for unity as Michigan's coronavirus death toll nears 4,000
Tags: Michigan, coronavirus, COVID-19, testing, Oakland County, Macomb County, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan Department of Corrections, prisons, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Mayor Duggan, Gov. Whitmer, protest, Iosco County, Ionia County, Kent County, Allegan County
Coronavirus claims 3,789 lives in Michigan as state ramps up testing
Tags: Michigan, coronavirus, COVID-19, testing, Oakland County, Macomb County, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan Department of Corrections, prison
Nearly half of the inmates tested in Michigan prisons have coronavirus
Tags: Prisons, Jails, Michigan, Michigan Department of Corrections, COVID-19, coronavirus, lawsuit, Lakeland Correctional Facility, G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, Parnall Correctional Facility, Macomb Correctional Facility, deaths, testing, Gov. Whitmer, parole
He sold pot, and now he's serving up 60 years in prison. Gov. Whitmer may be his only hope.
Tags: Marijuana News, Michael Thompson, prison, marijuana, Michigan Department of Corrections, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, Flint, Cannabis Media Detroit, Cannabis Magazine Detroit, Cannabis Newspaper Detroit, Marijuana Media Detroit
Black couple awarded $11.3M in racial discrimination lawsuit against Michigan Department of Corrections
Tags: News Hits, racial discrimination, lawsuit, Michigan Department of Corrections, MDOC, Cedric Griffey, Lisa Griffey, $11.3 million
Inmates: Problems persist in Michigan prison kitchens
By Tom Perkins
Tags: Table and Bar, MDOC, Michigan department of Corrections, Michigan prison food, Aramark, Trinity
Muslim inmates successfully sue Michigan for starving them during Ramadan
Tags: Table and Bar, Michigan Department OF Corrections, Michigan Prison Food, Aramark, Lamont Heard, Prison food shortage, Michigan prisons, Dan Manville, Michigan State University Civil Rights Clinic
Prison guards: Michigan is deliberately hiding extent of prison kitchen horror show
Tags: Table and Bar, Prison Food, Aramark, Trinity, Privatized prison services, privatized food service, Jail food, Aramark prison, Tampa prison, Michigan Department of Corrections, MDOC, MDOC food, Prison guards, prison guards food
Michigan prison violating pregnant Muslim's religious rights, lawyers say
Tags: News Hits, Siwatu, Siwatu Salama Ra, Michigan Department of Corrections
MDOC officer ordered to pay $16K over an assault on a mentally ill Muslim inmate
Tags: Table and Bar, MDOC, Michigan Department of Corrections, Gus Harrison Correctional Facilty, Michigan Prison system, Privatization, Aramark, Corizon, Michigan State University Law College, Michigan State University Law College Civil Rights Clinic, Ali Muthana, Dan Manville
We spoke with Michigan inmates about rotten food, maggots, and more prison kitchen problems
Tags: Table and Bar, Trinity, Prison food, Alex Friedmann, lamont Heard, MDOC, Michigan Department of Corrections, privitization, prison riots, Aramark, maggots
A Michigan prison worker and an inmate got busted having sex in a kitchen cooler
By Violet Ikonomova and Tom Perkins
Tags: News Hits, sex, kitchen, Michigan Department of Corrections, prison, inmate, Aramark, Trinity, prison food
Search underway for felon accidentally released from Oakland County Jail
By Dustin Blitchok
Tags: News Hits, Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Pontiac, Michigan Department of Corrections
Michigan inmate wins $100 million judgment against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for sexual assault
By Eddie B. Allen Jr. and Bill Proctor
A selection of can’t-miss Detroit-area art events and exhibitions this fall and beyond
By Metro Times editorial staff
AG Nessel charges 11 over pro-Palestinian demonstrations at University of Michigan
AG Nessel shuts down MSU Larry Nassar investigation after document review