The Grand Traverse County prosecutor sees no crime in the death of a county jail inmate early last month. Prosecutor Al Schneider has reviewed a city police...
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The widow of a man who killed himself in the Benzie County jail has settled her suit against county officials. The county board approved the terms in closed session last...
A divided Michigan Supreme Court has ruled a woman raped in jail is not entitled to sue the sheriff or the county for violating her civil rights.
The woman was being held...
The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether counties are liable for mistreatment of people held in jails. A woman raped by a guard in a Wayne County jail...
By Rob St. Mary, WDET
The future of corrections spending in Michigan was the topic of discussion Friday at the Mackinac Policy Conference.
At a cost of two-billion dollars annually, Michigan's Department...
State Attorney General Mike Cox issued an opinion last May saying counties have to bear the cost of treating mental illness among jail inmates.
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The state Court of Appeals says a lawsuit can move forward over the 2002 death of a mentally ill Grand Traverse County inmate.
Christopher Morden...
