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The Michigan Reformatory prison in Ionia will close in November and an Adrian prison will consolidate four units due to declining prisoner populations, the Michigan Department of Corrections said ...
Misdemeanor charges of aggravated assault remain pending against the four defendants, who worked at Bellamy Creek ...
IONIA, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has announced an Ionia prison will close amid declining inmate populations. The state says operations at Michigan Reformatory will ...
The closure of Michigan Reformatory in Ionia in November will drastically reduce the need for mandated overtime at the three remaining facilities there due to an ongoing staff shortage ...
LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - More Michigan prisons are slated to close as the state's inmate population declines, eliminating the need for hundreds of beds. The Michigan Department of Corrections plans ...
Ionia — Most prisons are built far from people’s homes. The Michigan Reformatory is not one of those prisons. The state penitentiary, with its 20-foot brick walls, gun towers and 500 felons ...
IONIA, Mich. — A prisoner is in the hospital, after being shot by a correctional officer at the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia. A spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Corrections says two ...
Whitmer blocked the sale of the former Deerfield Correctional Center Ionia, a former state prison, to Immigration Centers of America. "Separating families doesn't reflect our Michigan values ...
Ionia has been a "corrections friendly" city for more than 100 years, from a state prison perspective, he said. The city is also home to the Michigan Reformatory, Ionia Correctional Facility and ...
IONIA, MI -- A corrections officer is being evaluated at an area hospital after he was assaulted with a padlock by a prisoner Thursday morning at the Michigan Reformatory, authorities say.