The court rejected an appeal from correction officials who argued the prisoner’s lawsuit should be dismissed because the Muskegon Correctional Facility faced an impossible situation in keeping ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short ...

The man accused of shooting and killing a Muskegon mother of four was sentenced on Friday. Phillip Smith will serve 16-170 years in prison for murder. He took a plea deal in April after being ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — The Muskegon County Jail is halfway through a $1.9 million renovation to improve safety. The first phase is complete and ready for inmates. “This housing unit would house 16 ...

To inquire about getting involved with the Hope-Western Prison Education Program, contact Dr. Richard Ray at Hope College (ray@hope.edu) or Dr. David Stubbs at WTS (david@westernsem.edu). “I want to ...

crime victims believe that prison makes people more likely to commit crimes than to rehabilitate them By a 3-to-1 margin, crime victims prefer holding people accountable through options beyond more ...