Michigan

Mich. county receives $170,000 first responder grant

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The grant will send four newly hired corrections officers to the corrections academy

Off-duty deputies, corrections officer save umpire's life at softball game

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Umpire Jeff Brunner fell to the ground during the first inning of the game

What I learned about catching contraband in jail mail

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Smiths Detection

A former jail administrator recounts lessons learned from a contraband crackdown – in particular, why screening the mail is so important

Mich. CO awarded nearly $1.3M after developing PTSD following inmate attack

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The jury found that the DOC failed to properly accommodate the officer's disability and then subsequently retaliated against him

Cooking up a new life behind bars

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How an innovative jail program helped an inmate find his purpose and start again

Feds charge Mich. inmate hours before his release for threatening to kill CO

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Jemel Thompson is now facing six more years in prison if convicted

Judge to rule if Michigan school shooter stays in adult jail

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The teen is currently lodged alone in a cell in the jail's clinic to keep him from seeing and hearing adult inmates

N.Y. county gets $200K grant funding to upgrade CO security systems

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The county’s DOC will be upgrading the current staff body alarm system that was installed in 1999

Stepping up: Jail programs tackle mental illness and substance abuse disorder

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A new program at the Grand Traverse County Jail aims to be proactive rather than reactive, the jail administrator says

Michigan CO sues department over monitoring his Facebook

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Prison officials began investigating the officer after he posted a video to Facebook showing an inmate assault him

Mich. DOC eases rules for COVID-positive COs to go back to work

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COs at prisons operating under "contingency" staffing can now return to work five days after testing positive, even if still experiencing mild symptoms

Michigan senators demand answers after allegations of risky working conditions in state prisons

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"These conditions push officers to their limits, threatening their mental health, morale and safety," said Sen. Jeff Irwin

Boy charged in Michigan school deaths to stay in adult jail

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While the 15-year-old's attorney argued he "should not be considered a menace to other juveniles," the judge disagreed

Report calls on Mich. DOC to reduce use of solitary confinement

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The report calls on the department to use isolation "only if absolutely necessary" to protect the safety of prisoners and staff

Mich. county jail gets state grant to expand garden program

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The grant money will not only allow the acreage of the garden to expand, but it also allows for the publishing of a book highlighting the program’s success