Audit finds flaws in State Police oversight of sex offender registry Auditor General report on Michigan State Police handling of sex offender registries finds shortcomings.

Not a good look, but the real scandal is how these registries have not been shown to prevent crime. In fact, some studies show they _increase_ risk. https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-10-16/audit-finds-flaws-in-state-police-oversight-of-sex-offender-registry

Michigan Senate bills would cut maximum prison time for some drug dealers The Michigan bills would maintain current penalties for heroin and fentanyl trafficking.

Remember: There's no evidence that long prison sentences deter crime. https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/10/michigan-senate-bills-would-cut-maximum-prison-time-for-some-drug-dealers.html

Every wrongful conviction not only steals years from an innocent person , it also means lack of accountability for the person truly at fault. https://www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-detroit-news/families-and-exonerees-rally-against-detroit-detective-tied-to-coerced-confessions-and-false-convictions/

Check out the journey to justice bus tour at the no kings protest in Ann Arbor today, maybe Ypsilanti as well!

It was a powerful exhibit! Be sure to catch it if it comes through MI again. Thank you Citizens for Prison Reform! https://www.wlns.com/news/journey-to-justice-tour-highlights-harm-of-solitary-confinement/

Yes, we have to do something, but the something should be helpful, not hurtful 😡
https://theconversation.com/detroit-parents-face-fines-if-their-children-break-curfew-research-shows-the-policy-could-do-more-harm-than-good-264175

What It's Like to Have Your Period in Prison Even at a women’s prison, your menstruation care needs may not be met.

"In an environment where nothing is private, even the most basic aspects of personal care become luxuries. For incarcerated women, managing a menstrual cycle is not just a routine part of life — it is often a monumental struggle."

Our kids deserve better. Every kid in the youth justice system should have access to a properly-trained, properly-paid attorney. Short changing our kids = short changing our future. https://wdet.org/2025/10/14/wayne-county-juvenile-attorneys-pay-raise/

Listen to ALL Survivors this Domestic Violence Awareness Month October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and it is time to demand justice for all survivors – including those whose experiences of trauma and abuse led to their criminalization.

Check out our new #substack on Michigan Voices (Literally) with @micemi.bsky.social in honor of #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth 🗞️

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Thank you to the amazing movement lawyers at Detroit Justice Center for fighting for accountability! https://www.metrotimes.com/news/court-of-appeals-sides-with-shotspotter-critics-in-detroit-finding-city-repeatedly-violated-transparency-law/

Detroit is getting smarter about safety by including non-police strategies like Community Violence Intervention alongside police spending, and seeing lower violence as a result. https://michiganchronicle.com/detroits-cvi-movement-and-law-enforcement-partnerships-fuel-record-crime-decline/

And while we're at it, let's extend the same protections to survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault

Yes, being a survivor of trafficking should be a mitigating factor in sentencing, expungement. It should also allow for after-the-fact resentencing if not considered in initial case. https://home.mirs.news/post/anti-human-trafficking-bills-focus-on-demand-side

Powerful reporting by Kara Berg at the Detroit news.
When cops are commit domestic abuse the harms ripple throughout the community.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/10/12/victims-of-domestic-abuse-by-police-feared-reporting/84374154007

TOMORROW Join us as we kick off the MI-CEMI reentry table. The latest budget shows that reentry is under attack, we need to link up across the state to push for better reentry policies in MI!

12:00pm, 10/14. Register at https://bit.ly/reentrykickoff

Detroit Enhanced Reentry Project is hosting a Community Forum designed to build dialogue, trust, and connection around reentry for those who served juvenile life. https://airtable.com/appFdPOTGunOAAeCP/pag0T8HLyVuUVdiWR/form

Check out this event by the great people at @detroitjusticecen.bsky.social

We've just learned at a donor has opened the doors wide for scholarships to attend the restorative justice summit Oct 30-31. Just use the coupon code RJS2025 at https://thedisputeresolutioncenter.org/mirjsummit/registration/

Violent crime numbers in Detroit keep falling Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies gathered to highlight continued declines in the number of homicides, shootings, and carjackings since the pandemic.

Less violence in MI cities is great news, & the state funding commitments for community violence intervention will help keep this moving forward https://www.michiganpublic.org/public-safety/2025-10-06/violent-crime-numbers-in-detroit-keep-falling

Don't miss what Tony Gant has to say on WDET's The Metro on why we need to end housing discrimination against people w/ convictions in MI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aon7eT61qSk

The budget dust has settled, join Voting Access for All Coalition & MI-CEMI to break down what it means for housing, criminal justice reform, education, etc. Oct 10, 12:30pm, bit.ly/VAACFRIDAYS

Thank you Right On Crime for lifting up a peer reentry program in your podcast. Effective reentry promotes safety and is something folks left, right, & center can get behind https://youtu.be/XbMSe1nUjwY

What's in the state budget for ending mass incarceration? Our members talk about the good, the bad, the ugly. What's your take?
https://michigancollaborative.org/2025/10/compromise-budget-compromises-public-safety/

Sad that we even have to fight for janitorial supplies for prison health clinics. Glad #MiLeg actually funded them.

🚨MDOC needs to modify their strip search policy to be less intrusive.

To make the most of this win the next battle will be to make sure that impacted community voices are part of the review process—something the MDOC has rarely (ever?) done well.

This is a good change. MDOC had tried to limit legislative oversight by requiring 72 hour notice before a legislative visit. Legislature clapped back & said "let us in."

Now it's on us to make sure they use that oversight capacity.

Our members have a list of notes on how parole could be run better, but cuts to the parole board do nothing for public safety, fiscal accountability.

Reductions to parole board funding? Like they say in recover, let's play the tape out.

The parole board needs to have the resources to get their decisions right: too strict and lives and $ is wasted w/ unneeded incarceration; to loose & there's a risk to community.

yep, cuts the reentry funds for community partners 😡
We need to separate support from supervision, the community partners provide trust and support no parole officer can. They should be funded, not cut.

If they aren't getting enough food at chow, don't have fam putting $ on their account, and they can't make enough at prison wages, what's the alternative? Theft of hustle.

Hangry prisoners + the need to turn to illicit activities to get 🥗 = less rehabilitation, more violence