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The highly contagious omicron variant continues to spread inside Michigan’s prisons, as state officials employ strategies like vaccination and testing. But some inmates fear catching the virus is inevitable.

Correctional officers from Marquette Branch prison went on the picket line Tuesday to protest what they call unsustainable staffing levels.Employees with…

The state corrections officers’ union is calling for Michigan Corrections Department Director Heidi Washington to lose her job.The 6,000-member Michigan…

New legislation in the state Senate would create a long list of required items for the Department of Corrections to report when it closes a prison.The…

The Michigan Department of Corrections says it will be able to keep its tether program up and running through 2020. The program tracks an estimated…

The Michigan Department of Corrections is reviewing how its mail policy is applied after inmates at a state prison were prevented from reading five news…

Employees at the Michigan Department of Corrections face a higher chance of Major Depressive Disorder than first responders and other high stress jobs.…

A technology upgrade that’s supposed to help consumers threatens to shut down the system for keeping track of felons and sex offenders who’ve been…

A spending plan for the Michigan Department of Corrections passed out of a state House committee. It would redirect millions of dollars that previous…

More than 700 new corrections officers – that’s how many new hires the Michigan Department of Corrections hopes to make in 2019.Chris Gautz, spokesman for…