Michigan Department of Corrections

Type: Organization

Name: Michigan Department of Corrections

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Third party gubernatorial candidate Robin Sanders focuses on public safety

Credit Courtesy of Robin SandersWith his experience in correctional services and mental health, Sanders said he is better qualified to address public safety issues.Many Michigan voters have begun anticipating a Gubernatorial contest next year between ... [Published WKAR - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Robin R. Sanders, Michigan Department of Corrections, Mark Schauer

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

When white people and black people talk about real racial experience

White people often prefer to think racism today is so small and subtle it really doesn?t make much difference. Black people, in my experience, rarely talk to whites about racist incidents, subtle or not.So it was highly unusual when about 50 black and ... [Published Michigan Live - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Michigan Department of Corrections, The Freedom Forum, National Association for the Advancement of Col..., Ford Motor Company, Master of Ceremonies

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Senator Casperson expresses disappointment over prison privatization

Read more: Local, Politics, Prison Privatization, Food Service Privatized, Michigan Department of Corrections, Senator Tom Casperson, Alger County, Alger Correction Facility ... [Published WLUC TV 6 - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Tom Casperson, Concealment, prison

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Waste Management Inc

Editorial: Why does burning trash still make sense for Jackson County?

What amounts to a six-month notice of intent to shut down the trash incinerator goes to county commissioners Tuesday, and it should definitely be approved.Failure to do so, under current circumstances, would border on fiscal negligence.Financial disaster ... [Published Michigan Live - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Landfill, Michigan Department of Corrections, Waste Management Inc

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Person of interest in Flint double homicide arrested in Indiana

By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com The Flint JournalView/Post CommentsFlint police investigate the scene of a double homicide Saturday, April 6 in the 300 block of East Genesee Street. Roberto Acosta | mlive.comFLINT, MI -- The man police called a ... [Published Flint Journal - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Homicide, Police, Michigan Department of Corrections, David Harris

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 2 reports

Michigan State Police identify man killed by troopers Tuesday night

FLINT (WJRT) -(06/07/13) - Michigan State Police have identified the man killed by troopers Tuesday night as 22-year-old Demetrice Presnall.See previous stories HERE.Police say the troopers, proactively patrolling the Evergreen Regency Apartments in Flint, ... [Published ABC 12 WJRT - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Michigan State Police, Assault, Probation, Michigan Department of Corrections

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Michigan Department of Corrections

Michigan House approves indefinite use of retired corrections officers

LANSING — The Michigan House voted 58-51 on Wednesday to approve a bill that would indefinitely allow retired corrections officers to return to work part time, while still receiving their pensions.House Bill 4664 would remove the Sept. 30 end date on ... [Published Corrections Connection - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Michigan Department of Corrections, Michigan Senate

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Michigan House approves indefinite use of retired corrections officers

LANSING ? The Michigan House voted 58-51 on Wednesday to approve a bill that would indefinitely allow retired corrections officers to return to work part time, while still receiving their pensions.House Bill 4664 would remove the Sept. 30 end date on ... [Published Port Huron Times-Herald - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Michigan Department of Corrections, Michigan Senate

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

ACLU Oral Arguments to Be Delivered Friday in Lawsuit Against Michigan Department of Corrections

ACLU Says Inadequate Health Care Puts Prisoners Lives at Risk GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - August 7 - Two years after a 21-year-old man died in a Michigan prison because of a lack of medical and mental health care, the American Civil Liberties Union will ... [Published Big News Network - May 30 2013]

Entities: Michigan Department of Corrections, American Civil Liberties Union, Lawsuit, Health Care

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Medical worker assaulted at Jackson prison facility

Woman working inside G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility found stabbed; she was treated, released at hospitalAuthor: Joanne Marie HoopesJACKSON COUNTY, Mich. -A female physician's assistant, working inside the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility ... [Published ClickOnDetroit.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Michigan Department of Corrections, Workers, prison, Cotton, Michigan State Police

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Channing man charged in marijuana bust

The Daily NewsSave |CHANNING - The name of the Channing resident arrested after a search warrant resulted in the discovery of marijuana with a street value of more than $121,500.Mark Baker, 52, is charged in Dickinson County Court with delivery/manufacture ... [Published The Daily News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Mark Baker, Search Warrant, Parole, Lisa Richards, Michigan Department of Corrections

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Michigan works to get some inmates higher education

photo, Quantrez Sawyer, 33, of Detroit, sentenced in 2011 from five to 10 years for armed robbery, takes notes during during an entrepreneurship class at Macomb Correctional Facility in New Haven, Mich. As Michigan works to graduate more students from ... [Published Holland Sentinel - May 20 2013]

Entities: Higher Education, Montcalm Community College, Fred Patrick, Education

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"He's someone who made a terrible, terrible decision getting in a car that day," Renna said. "He feels horrible about what he did to this officer."

Drunken driver involved in Burger King disturbance sentenced up to 5 years [Published AnnArbor.com - Jun 14 2013]

"Providing an inter-governmental courtesy at the expense of taxpayers is wrong," LaFaive said. "The MDOC has been providing Jackson with a financial courtesy at the expense of taxpayers."

State department of corrections could have saved taxpayer dollars by ending energy contract with ... [Published Jackson Citizen Patriot - Jun 13 2013]

FBI Special Agent in ChargeCharge Robert D Foley, III stated, "These convictions send a strong message that dangerous criminals who carry out acts of violence, will face severe penalties for their crimes. The FBI is committed to the Detroit One initiative and to ensuring the safety of citizens."

Two Detroit Teenagers Plead Guilty For Their Roles In Armed Robberies [Published United States Department of Justice - Jun 12 2013]

"Without our bond debt, $1.3 million would allow us to remain in operation" said Overton

Jackson County Incinerator in Danger of Closing [Published WILX - Jun 07 2013]

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