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The warden of a Michigan prison can be sued for alleged training failures in a case where officers gave a plastic bag to a ...
LANSING — Audits released Thursday point to significant security failures at three Michigan prisons. Corrections officers apparently falsified cell search records and frequently took less than a ...
at the prison that houses hundreds of Michigan's highest security-level inmates, corrections officers "likely falsified cell search logbooks 38% of the time," and did not complete more than 20% of ...
LANSING — Four Michigan corrections officers are criminally charged with beating a prisoner at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility near Ionia, leaving the inmate with a broken back, a broken ...
Federal prosecutors said that Zigler, who is known in the gang as "Footz" and "Vampire," stabbed an inmate 15 times at a Michigan prison in 2017 to maintain or promote his status within the vice ...
Lansing — Audit reports released Thursday raised concerns about the safety of Michigan's prisons, finding corrections officers often failed to properly search vehicles and prisoners' cells and ...
John James adds his name in the race for Michigan governor The slaying was discovered Oct. 18, 2022 at the Lenox Township state prison after Ketchum stabbed another inmate eight times in the head ...
The auditor general found that corrections officers in many cases appeared to falsely state that required cell searches had been completed. The Corrections Department blamed training issues and ...
Cameras and cell phones are banned for inmates. Elrick Delmar Cooper MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PHOTO In May 2022, Elrick Cooper fatally stabbed Martell Smith, 26, with a shank during a fight.