Upon the recent FCC decision to reduce the rates of phone calls for jails and prisons, the Michigan Department of Corrections has announced plans to follow suit. Reports indicate that the MDC is currently researching a plan to lower the cost of inmate phone calls to see just how it will affect the department’s overall budget...
Michigan reportedly has more juvenile lifers rotting away prison than in any other state in the nation. Unfortunately, a recent court ruling has resulted in around 180 inmates, who were sentenced when they were age 17-years or younger, that are destined to spend the rest of their lives behind bars for a crime that was committed prior to adulthood.
Maggots in the Michigan prison system? And, no we're not talking about the criminals. A report from the Detroit Free Press indicates that the Michigan Department of Corrections has forced a prison in Jackson to throw out certain food items after prisoners reported maggots crawling around.
This story about a homeless man who made a small mistake (he was in possession of a small amount of drugs) is the sad truth about America's prison system.
Michigan has to be one of the worst place in the United States to spend time in prison. In addition to a plethora of controversial cases involving Aramark Correctional Services in 2014, a new report indicates the food service provider has been feeding inmates food chewed on by rats.
Surprisingly, Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane has been one of the most popular rappers in the 2000's.
No one, including myself, can really explain this phenomenon, but all I know whenever I hear one of those hypnotic beats and his simplistic lyrics I almost always nod my head.
Due to the popularity of the show ‘Orange Is the New Black’, one Michigan jail has decided to ditch the inmates' orange jumpsuits and trade them in for something a little more traditional… black and white striped jumpsuits.
A inmate escapes a Kentucky prison and then turns himself into the police due to cold temperatures. While we are trying to perfect the snow challenge, the idiot of the day didn't want anything to do with the winter.