After a landmark ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court, nearly 600 people convicted and sentenced to life in prison without ...

Michigan's prison system also experienced its second lowest recidivism rate in history, according to the Michigan Department ...

The recidivism (reoffence) rate dropped 22.7%, the second-lowest in Michigan’s history. Additionally, the parole population ...

Body camera recordings by guards during strip searches at Michigan’s only women’s prison, Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, has prompted a $500 million lawsuit against the Michigan ...

A new lawsuit alleges "a grotesque and deliberate abuse of power" by prison guards at Michigan's only women's prison.

Perhaps most notably, Michigan’s recidivism rate — the share of people who return to prison within three years of release — ...

Todd Michael Jackson was convicted and sentenced April 29 for the killings of Raymond and Crystal Ann Cline in 2020.

The Senate panel's action followed a series of Free Press articles about fatal jumps and falls at two Jackson-area Michigan ...

Klaira Diann Mishaw, 29, and her codefendant Joshua Keith Pirtle, 32, were both charged with murder for the 2023 death of ...

Illegally selling opioids like fentanyl would have tougher penalties in Michigan under bills passed Wednesday in the state ...

Now, 30-year-old Menelik Jackson has been sentenced to 90 years in prison after he was convicted of killing the officer, Cook County prosecutors said in an April 22 news release. He was convicted ...