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Parole boards will have the option to delay someone’s hearing for longer than two years under a new law signed Friday.
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A pair of bills in the state legislature could offer survivors of criminal acts some relief from having to relive the traumatic events that landed their perpetrator in prison.
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Michigan House and Senate lawmakers have introduced bills to allow sentence reductions by the Department of Corrections of up to 20% for good behavior or participating in rehabilitative programs. The bills use different methods to reward inmates’ good behavior and productivity.
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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…
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The state House has adopted bills that would allow prisoners in advanced stages of illness including cancer and dementia to be paroled for medical…
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Michigan has a growing number of inmates who are elderly, terminally ill, or otherwise medically frail. As we hear from Michigan Public Radio’s Rick…
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Inmates who leave Michigan prisons at the end of their sentences need an array of support services to help them successfully reenter society. The Michigan…
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A federal judge says 363 inmates in Michigan prisons sentenced to life without parole as juveniles will get new sentencing hearings.We have more from The…
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There are calls in Lansing to overhaul Michigan’s parole system. Advocates say the state keeps people in prison far longer than necessary.And as Michigan…
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The state Department of Corrections says it’s improving how it supervises parolees and how it handles parole violators. This week, the family of a murder…