Title

MI-CURE News (August 2024)

Description

MI-CURE News (August 2024) covering innovative prison programming including Restoring Promise units, jail animal farms, and mobile welding training; FCC action to reduce prison phone and video call costs; litigation updates on sex offender registry limits, forced prison labor, lifetime monitoring, and no-parole sentencing; state and federal legislation on medical parole, informant use, trial rights, and prison oversight; reentry efforts including Medicaid pilots, housing access, small business loans, and financial coaching; voting rights expansion and challenges to prison gerrymandering; and growing recognition of defense attorneys’ role in post-sentencing advocacy.

Location

Michigan

Source

MI-CURE News (August 2024)

Theme

Community and Resistance

Type

Advocacy Organization Records

Level 1 Tag

Advocacy Groups

Prisons

Reentry

Surveillance

Legislation

Sentencing

Pretrial & Legal Representation

Level 2 Tag

Prison Programming

Rehabilitation

Prison Education

Prison Communications

Visitation

Fines

Fees

Cash Bail

Medical Conditions

Comparative Prison Models

Prisoner Rights/Rights of Incarcerated People

Mental Health and Trauma

Recidivism

Sex Offender Registry

Prison Labor

Level 3 Tag

MI-CURE

MDOC

Date

2024-08