The Governor signed the full budget, which outlines the 2018 fiscal year budget for the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), on July 14. The final budget is $17.5 million below the budget proposed by the Governor earlier this year. According to Kyle Kaminski, MDOC legislative liaison, the final budget does not include the closure of prisons or [...]
Currently, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is prohibited from hiring people with a prior conviction or pending charges. House Bill 4065 (HB 4065), introduced by Rep. David Pagel (R – District 78), removes the prohibition and requires the MDOC to establish a hiring policy for these individuals. The bill does not require the MDOC [...]
On June 6, Natalie Holbrook, program director of the American Friends Service Committee’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program, provided recommendations to House Law and Justice Committee members about the difficulty in reducing the number of mentally ill prisoners in prison. The AFSC focuses on reducing Michigan’s prison population through individual advocacy and casework with prisoners building [...]
CAPPS board member Gary Ashby and Executive Director Laura Sager spoke at two Michigan prisons in January and February. Gary Ashby, CAPPS board member and volunteer speaker, visited the Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer on January 28, 2017. He discussed the policies driving the increase in Michigan’s prison population over the past three decades and [...]
CAPPS community meetings were held in Detroit on June 13 and in East Lansing on July 18 to discuss the report 10,000 Michigan prisoners: Strategies to reach the goal as well as pending reform legislation. The American Friends Service Committee and the State Appellate Defender Office provided workshops on MDOC parole procedures and legal issues. Both [...]
A few illuminating comments spanning a quarter century of expansion. Read>> Michigan's prison growth quotes
Facts | History | Corrections spending | Prisons How did we get where we are today, with nearly 44,000 prisoners and a corrections budget that hovers close to $2 billion? This fascinating history chronicles the politics, practices and policies behind Michigan’s prison build-up. Read>> Prison expansion in Michigan: A brief history
A Symposium for Policymakers and Stakeholders, March 17, 2011 On March 17, 2011, the Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending (CAPPS), the Citizens Research Council of Michigan and the Center for Michigan co-sponsored a public policy symposium entitled "Finding the Path to a $1.5 Billion Corrections Budget". The Michigan Department of Corrections appropriation is [...]