Title

MI-CURE News (November 2019)

Description

MI-CURE News (November 2019) covering economic barriers to rehabilitation—high phone costs, medical copays, and low wages; jails repurposed for housing and mental health care; innovative jail education programs; expanded financial aid for incarcerated Michiganders; reforms on solitary confinement, pregnant prisoners, and juvenile justice; gaps in mental health and addiction treatment; push for forensic science oversight; critiques of crime-focused media coverage; efforts to restore voting rights; and growing momentum to ban private prisons and reduce incarceration.

Location

Michigan

Source

MI-CURE News (November 2019)

Theme

Community and Resistance

Type

Advocacy Organization Records

Level 1 Tag

Advocacy Groups

Prisons

Prison Conditions

Legislation

Justice Reform

Juvenile Justice

Level 2 Tag

Prison Communications

Fines

Fees

Cash Bail

Healthcare

Prison Labor

Restorative Justice

Medical Conditions

Mental Health and Trauma

Prison Programming

Prison Education

Solitary Confinement

Substance Use

Wrongful Conviction

Appeals

Clemency & Expungement

Privatization

Abolition & Decarceration

Level 3 Tag

MI-CURE

MDOC

Date

2019-11