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18 Mar 2024, 6:16 pm
The QR code with a normal QR code scanner will display an alphanumeric string of text that starts with “mdoc:”. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 4:00 am
Under the revised policies, MDOC allows group religious practice for groups of two or more, permits previously banned religious groups to hold group services and allows people to participate in the Passover diet even if they do not participate in the kosher diet year-round. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 7:49 am
Should Maine reestablish parole to correct racial disparities in incarceration rates? [read post]
28 Feb 2022, 5:01 am
{The MDOC changed their policy in February 2021 and now permits male Muslims to always wear a kufi.} [read post]
13 Oct 2021, 4:10 am
So they claim that MDOC policies that force them to eat vegan meals on these days substantially burden their sincere religious beliefs. [read post]
9 Sep 2021, 8:39 am
The court held that corrections officials are not entitled to qualified immunity from the claim for damages stemming from a violation of 1st Amendment rights, saying in part:Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to show the MDOC Defendants were “on notice” that their policy violates a Muslim woman’s right to freely exercise her religion. [read post]
21 Feb 2021, 7:07 pm
The State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) recently agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 5:22 am
Photographs of the women without their hijabs are posted on MDOC’s public website. [read post]
25 Nov 2020, 1:17 am
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18 Nov 2020, 10:30 am
The investigation revealed inadequate supervision of prisoners in mental health crisis and found that MDOC used “Restrictive Housing Units (used to punish prisoners with disciplinary infractions or hold prisoners whom MDOC determines pose an unacceptable risk to the operation of the prison)” to house these prisoners. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 7:28 am
Original Case Details A Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) probation officer was charged with three felony counts of perjury accusing the officer of lying during a child custody hearing. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 7:57 am
As many laboratories around the world are making every effort to find a treatment for Covid-19 and more clinical trials are conducted[1], it is worth considering the legal mechanisms that could facilitate the quantitatively and qualitatively sufficient, and financially acceptable, exploitation of patent rights that will prove useful in curbing the epidemic and preventing a new one. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 8:45 am
Brent Rohrig and Vicki McCabe say they were fired after reporting coworkers for running a drug-smuggling ring inside the prison. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 4:05 pm
Two rappers and an attorney are challenging the MDOC over five inmates' recent deaths. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 5:42 am
MDOC’s liability under state law. [read post]
24 May 2018, 2:31 pm
The lawsuit was filed by Jessica Hicklin, a transgender woman in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC), which refused to provide her with hormone therapy because of what the MDOC had named the "freeze-frame policy. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:15 am
According to a MDOC audit, only 10 percent of the patients reviewed had evidence of group therapy in their medical records. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 10:30 am
I tried to speak to patients about their experiences, but I could barely hear them over the sounds of others moaning and screaming while they slammed their hands into metal cell doors.Despite repeated warnings from nationally renowned experts brought in to assess conditions at the prisons, a meeting with top Mississippi Department of Corrections officials, and an offer by the ACLU to help MDOC pay to diagnose and fix the problems at EMCF, Mississippi officials permitted these conditions to… [read post]
2 Apr 2017, 6:24 am
” Heidi Washington, Department of Corrections Director in Michigan said in reports the drop in the recidivism rate is a clear indicator that the MDOC is meeting its goal in terms of helping ensure prisoners can become law-abiding citizens and productive members of society once released by preparing them through education and job training. [read post]
9 Jan 2017, 9:57 am
According to an MDOC policy directive, staff must respond to life-threatening suicidal behavior immediately and treat it as a medical emergency. [read post]
