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House, Senate Dems Back Washington As Corrections Director
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Democratic members of the House and Senate who chair committees overseeing the Department of Corrections said they support Director Heidi Washington remaining at the helm of the department.

Lightner Calls On MDOC Director To Resign
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Rep. Sarah Lightner called for Department of Corrections Director Heidi Washington to immediately resign in a statement issued Tuesday.

6th Circuit Upholds Sentence That Looked Like LWOP
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

A challenge to what appeared to be a life without parole sentence handed down when the defendant was 17 years old was not properly brought before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and should be dismissed, a split 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled recently.

MDOC Lawsuit On Strip-Search Policy At Women's Huron Valley Dismissed
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The parties in a federal lawsuit against the Department of Corrections challenging what the plaintiffs called illegal strip searches that violate their constitutional rights have agreed to dismiss the case, court records show.

MDOC Isolation Policies Questioned By Mental Health Workers, Advocates
Monday, June 3, 2024

Public pressure and a hard look at its own practices have led the Department of Corrections to change its policies on segregating problem inmates, but advocates say those changes haven't gone far enough to curb the mental and physical health tolls segregation can place on inmates and staff.

Man Sues Corrections Over Violation Of Prison Rape Settlement
Monday, May 13, 2024

The Department of Corrections allegedly violated the terms of a settlement, which aimed to provide community-level standards of mental health care to minor victims of prison rape, because the department failed to provide that level of care, according to a lawsuit filed in federal district court.

MDOC Scabies Suit Defendants Seek Stay As Judgment Ruling Pends
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The Department of Corrections and the various other defendants named in consolidated scabies outbreak lawsuits have agreed that discovery in the case should be stayed while the court considers granting judgment based on pleadings already filed.

Whitmer, MDOC Defendants Dismissed From Prison COVID Suit
Monday, April 22, 2024

The governor, the director of the Department of Corrections and two wardens were dismissed Monday from a 2022 COVID-19 lawsuit involving an alleged medically vulnerable inmate, court records show.

MDOC Reports 2nd Lowest Recidivism Rate In State History
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

More than 6,100 of the Department of Corrections inmates who were paroled in 2020 did not reoffend and stayed out of prison, the department announced Wednesday.

Funding For Nurses At MDOC Key, Washington Says
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Corrections Director Heidi Washington told a House subcommittee Thursday an increase in funding is needed to assure the department has sufficient health care staff in the state's prisons.

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