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 ...

A Muskegon man faces 15 years to life behind bars after being convicted of various drug crimes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Western District of Michigan. Thursday, a federal jury ...

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 ...

After contracting COVID-19 in August 2020 at the Muskegon Correctional Facility, Jimmie Leon Gordon sued the warden and deputy warden, arguing that they violated the Eighth Amendment by 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 ...