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Probation Officer Charged With Sexual Assault
Mark Vernon Titus (Booking Photo) It was his job to help ex-convicts stay on the straight-and-narrow, but one Michigan probation officer is now accused of being a sexual predator. Michigan Department...
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Kilpatrick To Be Released August 2nd
DETROIT (WWJ) – A spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections says former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be released from prison on Tuesday, August 2 at 6:30 a.m.. Kilpatrick spent more...
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Law Enforcement Torch Run Week Begins Saturday
DETROIT (WWJ) – Join members of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for any of two dozen community runs and a 750-mile, 5-day relay run Sept. 10-17. The week will be filled with walk, run and roll activities...
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Court Won’t Intervene In $100M Deal With Prisoners
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan Supreme Court said Friday it won’t hold up a $100 million settlement for female prisoners who claimed they were sexually harassed while lawyers fight over whether the...
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State Probes Why 2 Charged In Royal Oak Murder Weren’t Behind Bars
ROYAL OAK (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan Department of Corrections says two parole agents have been suspended as officials investigate why two ex-convicts now charged with killing an 80-year-old Royal Oak...
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ACLU Wants Ban On Type Of Strip Search In Mich
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union wants the Michigan Department of Corrections to ban an invasive type of strip search that the group says humiliates female prisoners. The ACLU says...
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Problem-Plagued Prison Co. Could Be In Line To Oversee Mich Inmates
LANSING (AP) - A private company that a federal investigation found allowed “a cesspool” of conditions to exist at a Mississippi youth prison and that paid a $1.1 million fine for understaffing New...
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Crackdown On Parole Absconders Outpaces Jail Space
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A Michigan Department of Corrections crackdown on parole absconders following some high-profile criminal cases involving state-supervised convicts is outpacing jail space in the...
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Police: UP Inmate Strangled By Fellow Prisoner
MUNISING TWP. (AP) – State police say a 39-year-old inmate from Detroit was strangled to death by a fellow prisoner at the Alger Correctional Facility in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Police said in a...
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WWJ Exclusive: Man Brings Loaded Gun To Probation Center
DETROIT (WWJ) – A security breach happened at a state corrections department probation center when a man wanted on an arrest warrant turned himself in — with a loaded handgun. Sources tell WWJ...
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Bill Allows Businesses To Hire Inmates Behind Bars
LANSING (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have passed a bill allowing inmates to work for contractors if the state’s prison system turns food service over to private businesses. The bill passed the Senate by...
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Corrections Officer Suspended Over ‘Dark Knight’ Remark
ROYAL OAK (WWJ/AP) – A Michigan Department of Corrections parole officer has been suspended with pay after making threatening remarks while buying tickets to see “The Dark Knight Rises” in metro...
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Sexually Abused Female Prisoners Must Pay Debts
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - The Michigan Court of Appeals says women who were sexually abused in state prisons must pay the victim restitution and child support they owe before collecting settlement money from...
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Kilpatrick Caught Counting $2,000 In Cash At Walmart
DETROIT (WWJ) - There’s buzz in Detroit on Tuesday that ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could be arrested on a parole violation. The Michigan Department of Corrections is investigating a Walmart security...
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Parole Agent To Interview Kilpatrick About $2K Gift
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A Michigan parole agent plans to interview ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick about an unreported $2,000 gift from a Chicago pastor. Corrections Department spokesman Russ Marlan said...
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Closed State Prison To Reopen In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A state prison on Detroit’s east side will be reopened as a temporary detention center for anyone arrested in the city. Mayor Dave Bing’s office said the summer opening of the Mound...
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Lawsuit Claims Unfair Treatment Of Muslim Inmates
SOUTHFIELD (WWJ) - The Michigan Department of Corrections is being sued by a civil rights group on behalf of Muslim inmates. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says...
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Michigan Privatizing Prison Food Service
LANSING (AP) - State officials reversed themselves Tuesday in deciding to hire a private company to prepare food for Michigan’s 44,000 prisoners, saying they originally misjudged a plan that would...
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Family Dollar Murder Case Reveals Flaw In Sex Offender System
LANSING (WWJ) - State corrections officials are looking at ways to upgrade the sex-offender registry in the wake of a clerical mistake that made it appear a convicted sex offender — now accused in the...
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Michigan Prisons To Provide Halal Meals Under Settlement With ACLU
LANSING (WWJ) – The Michigan Department of Corrections has agreed to provide special halal meals to Muslim inmates. Under a court-approved settlement reached with the American Civil Liberties Union,...
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