Hiawatha Correctional Facility News

Muskegon Correctional Facility won't be closing Oct. 1 as advertised -- but it's only a reprieve of the prison's death sentence, not a pardon.

This weekend's Wall Street Journal includes this effective piece headlined "Lights Out at the Penitentiary: Strapped States are Shutting Prisons, But Moving 1,100 Inmates -- Beds and All -- Is a Trial." Here is how it gets started: Jeffrey Woods, warden of the Hiawatha Correctional Facility here at the eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, was ...

Michael Hester lost his job as a corrections officer and now he's afraid of losing his home.

The time many in Chippewa County have been dreading is almost here-- Hiawatha Correctional Facility in Kincheloe closes tomorrow, Saturday.

The time many in Chippewa County have been dreading is almost here-- Hiawatha Correctional Facility in Kincheloe closes tomorrow, Saturday.

Lansing -- Standish Maximum Correctional Facility has been granted a reprieve from closure while state officials await word on whether California will take Gov.

The Department of Corrections is expected to hand out around 60 layoff notices to employees at the Kinross Prison Complex, including Hiawatha, Kinross, Chippewa and Straits Correctional Facilities.

More opinions on the early release of Michigan prisoners: * From Allen Pennell, an employee of the Hiawatha Correctional Facility in Kincheloe, in the Upper Peninsula: "I find it incredible that a program that state Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan calls the 'gold standard' for the whole country has been reduced from a 60-day ...

You wouldn't naturally think of a community embracing a prison. But in tough times, an employer is an employer.

A courageous corrections official sounding an alarm, or a beleaguered state employee just trying to save his job? I don't presume to have an answer to that question; all I can do is present both sides of the argument.

A courageous corrections official sounding an alarm or a beleaguered state employee trying to save his job? I don't presume to have an answer to that question.

U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, is urging state officials to explore all options available to the state to prevent the closure of northern Michigan's prisons - including the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility - and prison camps slated for closure as part of an effort to address Michigan's record budget shortfall.

The closure of eight Michigan prison facilities willA effect more than just correctional officers.

Staff at Hiawatha Correctional Facility in Kincheloe found out today they're one of three prisons in the state scheduled to close.

Michigan will close three prisons - including one maximum security prison - and five minimum security camps, as part of Gov.