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

Michigan’s prison population is getting older — and staying longer — with inmates 65 and older now making up a growing share ...

Michigan has a sentencing problem. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, Michigan’s average prison sentence length is roughly three times the national average, and the state leads in the ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Michigan corrections officer has asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to send the Michigan National Guard to prisons all over the state. Byron Osborn is the president of the Michigan ...

There are more than 2,000 state prison inmates 65 years or older. Officials say the aging population requires specialized services, equipment and costs.

(CBS DETROIT) — Supporters of the "Second Look" legislation hope that passing the bill could reduce the number of inmates in Michigan prisons and help solve the shortage of correctional policies ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is implementing a new rule for mail sent to inmates to prevent contraband from entering the prisons. The new policy requires that all confidential and ...

(CBS DETROIT) - A union that represents Michigan corrections officers asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday to deploy the National Guard to help understaffed prisons. Byron Osborn, the president of ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Earlier this week, Michigan Corrections Officers picketed outside 3 prisons in the Upper Peninsula. They’re calling attention to what the Michigan Corrections Organization ...

A Michigan prisoner who was mistakenly released and later recaptured is now accused of killing another man in prison. Talleon ...

Workforce shortages impact industries statewide, but very few have the safety and security impacts like those facing the Department of Corrections. With a vacancy rate now over 18% across all Michigan ...

Nenko Stanev Gantchev, 56, a native of Bulgaria, had been detained at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, a prison ...