Title

MI-CURE News (February 2024)

Description

MI-CURE News (February 2024) covering innovative in-prison programming including employment for degreed individuals and Norwegian-style housing units; updates on free tablet and phone programs in jails; litigation progress in Michigan’s sex offender registry case; expansion of mobile mental health and urgent care services across Michigan; push for holistic defense practices and court reform; reentry supports like stimulus payments, housing stipends, and broadband training; solitary confinement bans and culture shift efforts; growing concerns over AI and facial recognition in policing; new research linking ACEs to violent offending; legislation on tuition access, juvenile justice, and transparency; and progress on expungement, voter registration, and indigent defense reforms.

Location

Michigan

Source

MI-CURE News (February 2024)

Theme

Community and Resistance

Type

Advocacy Organization Records

Level 1 Tag

Advocacy Groups

Prisons

Prison Conditions

Courtroom Proceedings

Pretrial & Legal Representation

Reentry

Legislation

Justice Reform

Level 2 Tag

Prison Programming

Prison Education

Sex Offender Registry

Prison Communications

Mental Health and Trauma

Healthcare

Solitary Confinement

Wrongful Conviction

Street Violence

Prison Data

Level 3 Tag

MI-CURE

MDOC

Date

2024-02