Sex Offenders, Drug Addicts, Other Felons Living as Roommates
The Detroit Free Press published the second part in a series on post-incarceration supervision this week—this one on the housing situations of many people released from prison and back on to Detroit streets. What they found, is that despite being told otherwise, many felons are living together. But, just how does this affect their chances […]
Michigan’s Crack-Down on Parole Violators Fills Prison Beds
Since January, corrections officials in Michigan have been cracking down on parole violators, sending them back to prison by the busload. But this sweep has contributed to filling prisons to capacity and now officials are looking for somewhere to put new inmates.
Prosecutor Proposes Rule To Keep Innocent People Locked Up
It seems we read stories on a monthly basis of convictions being overturned after the fact. Whether due to prosecutorial misconduct or mistaken identity, the growing trend seems to suggest there are more innocent people behind bars than previously suspected. If a Wayne County Prosecutor has her way, however, some of those innocent people could […]