Title

MI-CURE News (May 2011)

Description

MI-CURE NEWS (May 2011) covering Executive Order 2011-3 abolisheing 15-member parole board; facilitity closure due to prison population decline; MDOC negotiating new phone service contract with Public Communication Services (PCS); Michigan’s sex offender registry to be reformed, including removal of “Romeo and Juliet” offenders; food service privatization under consideration; MDOC’s Prisoner Reentry Initiative criticized for poor contract monitoring; AFSC seeking feedback on Michigan’s grievance process; recent mergers in correctional healthcare companies; proposal for computers in prison cells to aid rehabilitation; and criticisms of privatization, especially in food services and healthcare.

Location

Michigan

Source

MI-CURE News (May 2011)

Theme

Community and Resistance

Type

Advocacy Organization Records

Level 1 Tag

Advocacy Groups

Prisons

Parole & Probation

Reentry

Prison Conditions

Level 2 Tag

Sex Offender Registry

Prison Communications

Privatization

Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative

Prison Education

Healthcare

Comparative Prison Models

Level 3 Tag

MI-CURE

MDOC

American Friends Service Committee

Date

2011-05