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 […]
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What it’s really like in Michigan’s prisons
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Other, Uncategorized Also tagged American Friends Service Committee, Baldwin, corrections, Department of Corrections, drugs, education spending, Natalie Holbrook, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, prisoner advocate, Quakers, war on drugs 45 Comments
Michigan’s prison industrial complex
I’ve been thinking about Michigan prisons quite a bit lately. It seems as though, all of a sudden, the subject is everywhere… The University of Michigan’s annual exhibition of art by Michigan prisoners opened today. There’s an article on the Daily Kos this evening about how, under Governor Snyder’s Emergency Financial Manager plan, non-elected officials […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Economics, Michigan, Politics Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, corrections, Great Lakes States, junkets, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, Michigan general fund, parole, prison art, Prison Creative Arts Project, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, privatization, Rebekah Warren, tethers, tough on crime, University of Michigan 26 Comments