2/8/24 - Governor Whitmer Releases Details Of New State Budget
Governor Whitmer shared with lawmakers her $80.7 billion dollar proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
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Governor Whitmer shared with lawmakers her $80.7 billion dollar proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
While Pell Grants will soon give access to free college for more than 760,000 inmates under an expansion announced this month, experts warn of inequities and difficulties that will plague incarcerated individuals looking for a degree. Prison education programs are shown to lower recidivism and boost employment opportunities, and, for the first time since 1994,…
State lawmakers approved $7 million for the state Department of Corrections to buy body cameras for state correctional facilities — an effort prison reform advocates call a step toward greater prison transparency.
Calls to incarcerated loved ones can cost some Michigan families hundreds of dollars a month. An adjustment in the Michigan House's corrections budget could help ease that burden.
Some of the proposed changes include putting new programs in place, crisis intervention training for officers, and collaboration between corrections and communities.