Title

MI-CURE News (August 2001)

Description

MI-CURE News (August 2001) covering Bazetta v. McGinnis, where a federal judge struck down Michigan’s restrictive visitation policies; Michigan’s failed prison labor law, which failed to generate jobs due to excessive regulations; state budget cuts prioritizing prisons over education and crime prevention; MDOC’s plan to post prisoner photos online; increasing parolee reincarceration for technical violations; a legal education program for prisoners; key court rulings, including a Michigan Supreme Court decision limiting mental capacity defenses; and a federal judge awarding damages to an incarcerated survivor of sexual assault by a correctional officer.

Location

Michigan

Source

MI-CURE News (August 2001)

Theme

Community and Resistance

Type

Advocacy Organization Records

Level 1 Tag

Prison Conditions

Advocacy Groups

Prisons

Parole & Probation

Level 2 Tag

Visitation

Family

Mental Health and Trauma

Substance Use

Prison Labor

Rehabilitation

Recidivism

Prison Education

Abuse by Correctional Officer

Sexual Violence

Disability

Level 3 Tag

MI-CURE

Senator William Van Regenmorter

MDOC

Date

2001-08