Title

MI-CURE News (November 1999)

Description

MI-CURE News (November 1999) covering efforts to reduce prisoner phone costs; concerns over parole policies, including victim participation and limitations on lifer reviews; privatization of Michigan’s first children’s prison; termination of polygraph testing for sex offenders; legislative updates on prisoner lawsuits, ADA exemptions, and sex offender parole notifications; risks of media restrictions on prisoner interviews; inadequate prison substance abuse treatment; and advocacy for Mental Health Diversion Courts and sentencing reforms.

Location

Michigan

Source

MI-CURE News (November 1999)

Theme

Community and Resistance

Type

Advocacy Organization Records

Level 1 Tag

Prison Conditions

Advocacy Groups

Prisons

Legislation

Parole & Probation

Juvenile Justice

Surveillance

Level 2 Tag

Prison Communications

Rehabilitation

Prison Education

Substance Use

Mental Health and Trauma

Healthcare

Disability

Level 3 Tag

MI-CURE

MDOC

American Friends Service Committee

Governor John Engler

President Bill Clinton

Date

1999-11