Title

MI-CURE News (August 1998)

Description

MI-CURE News (August 1998) covering concerns over MDOC’s transfer of prisoners to Virginia; the Supreme Court ruling that the ADA applies to prisoners; legislative changes to Michigan’s 650 Lifer Law; MDOC’s $1.5 billion budget prioritizing expansion over rehabilitation; Project RESTART’s effort to reduce administrative segregation; critiques of prison privatization; and advocacy against excessive prison phone rates.

Location

Michigan

Source

MI-CURE News (August 1998)

Theme

Community and Resistance

Type

Advocacy Organization Records

Level 1 Tag

Prison Conditions

Advocacy Groups

Prisons

Parole & Probation

Legislation

Level 2 Tag

Disability

Sentencing

Substance Use

Prison Programming

Solitary Confinement

Prison Communications

Privatization

Healthcare

Death Penalty

Rehabilitation

Level 3 Tag

MI-CURE

MDOC

Senator Strom Thurmond

Governor George W. Bush

Governor John Engler

Date

1998-08