Tag Archives: Department of Corrections

What it’s really like in Michigan’s prisons

By Mark | May 26, 2011

Last night, I reprinted a letter sent by a Michigan school Superintendent to our Governor, asking that his school be converted over to a prison. Given that we fund corrections better than we do education in this state, he argued that it would be in the best interests of his students. He was clearly attempting […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Friends Service Committee, Baldwin, corrections, drugs, education spending, minimum required sentence, Natalie Holbrook, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, prisoner advocate, Quakers, war on drugs | 45 Comments

Who needs colleges when you can have prisons… Good work, Michigan!

By Mark | May 1, 2011

I haven’t seen the new numbers, but, in 2008, I remember reading that Michigan was one of only four states that spent more on corrections than on higher education. And this, if I’m not mistaken, is happening in spite of the fact that Michigan’s prison population is dropping. I mention this because I just saw […]

Posted in Michigan, Observations, Rants | Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, corrections, Dan Heyns, death row, Great Lakes States, higher education, interpreted truth in sentencing, Jerry Brown, Mike Shirkey, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, Rebekah Warren, Rick Snyder, stalactites of human detritus, tough on crime | 11 Comments

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