Issues in Criminal Justice (JF)
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Michigan's Criminal Justice Crisis: Latest News |
 Correcting Corrections (Holland Sentinel - May 17, 2009)
Michigan residents must hold elected officials accountable for the ineffective ways they run the prison system.
- State Plan Can Safely Cut Prison Costs (Detroit Free Press - March 13, 2009)
Michigan has ambitious plans to lower its prison population - plans which can succeed if the right stakeholders get involved.
- Get Out of Jail, Free (Newsweek - March 12, 2009)
Michigan hopes to make wiser use of prison space and send inmates into society ready to succeed.
- Sen. Alan Cropsey and Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith: State Has Prison Cut Plan (Lansing State Journal - March 1, 2009)
Members of the legislature from both parties tout the benefits of the Council of State Governments' policy framework to reduce crime and cut corrections costs.
- Editorial: Apply LeFevre Standard to All Prisoners (The Detroit News - February 2, 2009)
The decision to parole to prison escapee Susan LeFevre ought to set a new standard for culling inmates from Michigan's prisons.
- Editorial: Report Falls Short of Prison Reform Goal (The Detroit News - January 27, 2009)
A much-anticipated report on how to cut prison spending suggests that squeezing savings out of prisons isn't going to be as easy as Michigan hoped.
- Revising Parole Rules Weights Safety, Costs (Battle Creek Enquirer - January 25, 2009)
Maintaining public safety is a vital function of government. But officials also are obligated to utilize taxpayer dollars as efficiently as possible.
- Plan Would Cut Michigan Prison Costs (Detroit Free Press - January 23, 2009)
Michigan could save $262 million in prison costs by 2015 by bringing parole policies in line with other states - and releasing thousands of prisoners early - according to a new analysis of the state's approach to crime and punishment.
- Update: Lawmakers, Granholm Endorse Plan to Reduce Spending by Releasing Inmates Early (Associated Press - January 22, 2009)
Lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday endorsed changes in parole policies that would drop Michigan's prison population by thousands and save $262 million in corrections costs by 2015.
- Parole Changes Suggested to Granholm, Lawmakers (Washington (DC) Examiner - January 22, 2009)
Michigan can reduce prison spending by releasing inmates who have served their minimum sentences unless they pose a "very high" risk of re-offending, outside experts said in a report released Thursday.
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