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Supreme Court Ruling Ignores Failure of Lifetime Surveillance
Safety, justice take more effort, involvement than electronic shackles MICHIGAN – Justice advocates across Michigan were disappointed by last year’s Michigan Supreme Court ruling in the Kardasz and Martin cases, citing real world evidence that the ruling that allows lifelong surveillance is bad for public safety and justice. Although the justices found that Michigan’s Registry…
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Reading between the lines of the MDOC Vocational and Programming Report
The Michigan Department of Corrections released their most recent Academic and Vocational Summary Report last week. Within the report there are elements to celebrate, areas of concern, and missing data that would help drive further programming improvements. MDOC data show that large numbers of people are on waiting lists for academic programming (often GED or…
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Action Alert: Protect Michigan from ICE abuses
On Thursday the Michigan Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety is scheduled to vote on three bills to protect Michiganders against some of the most flagrant abuses by ICE: Protect sensitive locations: Senate Bill 508 would designate certain places like courthouses and other “sensitive locations” as immigration-enforcement-free zones. Michigan residents should not have…
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Election Year Engagement: MI-CEMI General Member Convening
2026 will be a major election year in Michigan. While we may all dread the onslaught of political ads, the election year can be a powerful opportunity to go beyond voting by educating candidates and voters and to build power to end mass incarceration. Learn how you can seize this opportunity to shape the debate…
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MI-CEMI Reentry Table: Reentry Policy in 2026
State and local policies can either help returning citizens succeed post incarceration or put obstacles in their way that impede reintegration. Learn what policy proposals advocates in Michigan are pushing for to expand reentry support and remove obstacles and learn how you can help make them a success. Connect with other reentry service providers, advocacy…
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Immigration and Criminal Justice
Zip tying children. Deportations without due process. Inhumane detention conditions. Local law enforcement engaging in federal immigration enforcement. These abusive practices are scary on their own. Even ore troubling is the risk that they will spill over to non-immigration law enforcement, jail, and prison practices. Join this discussion with immigration and criminal justice leaders to:…
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Listen to ALL Survivors this Domestic Violence Awareness Month
When Shameka Layton was fourteen, she left a dysfunctional household and never returned. She met a fellow runaway named Walter who had left a group home in search of his parents and siblings. Walter soon began drinking and selling drugs, which resulted in him becoming abusive towards Shameka. When Shameka became pregnant at seventeen, with…
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Compromise Budget Compromises Public Safety
Advocates give budget deal mixed reviews for investing in prevention, rehabilitation, and reentry for folks impacted by the criminal legal system MICHIGAN – Groups working to make Michigan safer and more just for everyone gave the recent budget mixed reviews for promoting public safety through violence prevention, rehabilitation, and reentry. Cuts to Community-Based and Peer-Led…
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Striving for Justice and True Public Safety in the State Budget
Advocates call for increases in violence prevention and safe reentry after incarceration MICHIGAN – A group of justice advocates called for more support of proven, community-based violence prevention for those returning to their families and communities. The Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI) hosted a virtual press conference Wednesday calling on elected officials to…
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House Budget Proposes Dangerous Cuts to Healthcare, Food, Youth Justice
Last week, Matt Hall, the Speaker of Michigan House of Representatives, introduced the House Republicans 800-page budget proposal, gave lawmakers 1 hour to review it, and then passed it out of the House. The budget calls for major across the board cuts. As our fiscal sponsor, the Michigan League for Public Policy notes, it calls…