Recently 'In the spotlight' . . .

MDOC to Close Mound Correctional Facility; Competitively Bid One Facility and Prisoner Health and Mental health Care Services, FYI, Special Edition, Sept. 28, 2011.  Click here.

Two audits raise new questions about prison spending
By John Bebow of the Center for Michigan March 22, 2011

Jeff Gerritt: Mentally ill get punishment instead of treatment, Detroit Free Press, Feb. 5, 2012

Powerful prison truths
Inmates deliver a message and some love in youth program By Jeff Gerritt, the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 12, 2012.  Click here.

Jeff Gerritt: Closing Mound prison in Detroit adds to system's racial imbalance, Detroit Free Press, Jan. 6, 2012.  Click here.

Jeff Gerritt: Pilot program in UP tests an alternative to traditional prison segregation,
Detroit Free Press, Jan. 1, 2012.  Click here.

Jeff Gerritt: MDOC plans to use tasers in prisons -- and that's shocking, The Detroit Free Press, Sept. 30, 2011.  Click here.

Powerful prison truths
Inmates deliver a message and some love in youth program by Jeff Gerritt, the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 12, 2012.  Click here.

MDOC to Eliminate All Assistant Deputy Warden Positions, Reduce Resident Unit Managers, FYI, Special Edition, Oct. 4, 2011.  Click here.

Editorial: Closing Mound, other cuts, will add to prison problems, The Detroit Free Press, Sept. 30, 2011.  Click here.

Tom Finco to Become CFA Deputy Director as Deputy Director Straub Retires, FYI, Sept. 30, 2011.  Click here.

Detroit prison to close; 2,000 face layoffs to fill state budget gap, The Detroit Free Press, Sept. 29, 2011.  Click here.

Michigan Department of Corrections announces prison closure and other reforms, from the Michigan Department of Corrections, press release, Sept. 28, 2011.  Click here.

Mound prison in Detroit to close in January, The Detroit Free Press, Sept. 28, 2011.  Click here. Gov. Snyder takes new path with hire of Dan Heyns as head of Corrections Department,
The Jackson Citizen Patriot, April 25, 2011

Editorials support cutting prison spending now to save other state programs. 

State hurts itself with Corrections spending, editorial, the Lansing State Journal, April 5, 2011

Commentary: Base prison cuts on reality, not politics, By Jeff Gerritt, the Detroit Free Press, editorial, April 7, 2011

End the abuses, not effectiveness of parolee program, Editorial, The Detroit Free Press, April 1, 2011

FY 2012 Executive Budget continues Corrections spending at $2 billion.  While other services are cut substantially, Corrections would still consume nearly 25% of the General Fund.

Fiscal Year 2012 and Projected Fiscal Year 2013 Executive Budget Recommendation 

Governor Snyder unveils recommended budget to provide foundation for Michigan's reinvention 

Slide Presentation for Budget Recommendation 

Executive Budget Bill - General Operations 

•Prison Reform: A smart way for states to save money and lives
By Newt Gingrich and Pat Nolan, The Washington Post, Jan. 7, 2011

•Corrections Coalition gains early traction with incoming Snyder Administration; a report from the Center for Michigan. 

•State Bar of Michigan's Prisons and Corrections Section adopts positions on Parole and Commutations.