Prison Reform

The elimination of court fines and fees… diversion from detention… and more resources. As Colin Jackson reports—those are all part of a new juvenile justice package signed into law today.

Orange is the New Black author, Piper Kerman will Keynote in Grand Rapids Tuesday Night at Fountain Street Church.Piper Kerman says she wants to call…

Tonight, Orange is the New Black’s Piper Kerman is in Grand Rapids to share her story. Doug Tjapkes, president of Humanity for Prisoners, joins us to talk…

The next leader of the Michigan House says he wants to bring experts together to discuss mental health treatment. The number of mentally ill prisoners in…

Criminal justice reforms emerged a leading topic of this year’s West Michigan Policy Forum.The topic met an engaged audience of several hundred policy and…

Governor Rick Snyder says he has not given up on a corrections policy overhaul that’s before the state Legislature.The governor was addressing a policy…

The Legislature took care of a financial bailout of the Detroit Public Schools this week and took off for its summer recess.There are still issues waiting…

US Attorney Patrick Miles focused his presentation on the efforts to help ex-convicts re-enter society and to unnecessary federal sentences for nonviolent…

More than 300 Michigan prisoners serving no-parole sentences will likely have an opportunity for release after a major decision by the U.S. Supreme…

During his 2015 Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference speech, Governor Rick Snyder pushed for reforming the state’s prison system. A follow-up…