MI-CURE News (February 2024)

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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