MI-CURE News (August 2024)

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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