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Inmates spend time outside at the Kincheloe prison complex in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Corrections officers say staffing shortages place both staff and inmates at risk. (Photo: Adam Miedema/WCMU)
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Advocates: Upper Peninsula prison pay raise won’t solve dangerous shortage
Claire Keenan-Kurgan
The Michigan Department of Corrections has announced a $10,000-a-year hike in starting pay at five Upper Peninsula prisons. U.P. prisons house about a fourth of the state’s inmates but record nearly three-fourths of assaults on prison staff.
This screenshot from a video taken by Doug Confer of the Deckerville Fire Department shows a tornado touching down in Deckerville on Saturday. Blindspots in the state’s weather radar network meant meteorologists couldn’t warn residents before the twister struck. (Courtesy of Doug Confer)
Courtesy of Doug Confer
More volatile weather sparks new Michigan trend: tornado safe rooms
Nate Miller | Bridge Michigan
Q told Michigan Public she was repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, MI.
North Lake Processing Center sign courtesy of Alicia Dickham. Personal photo courtesy of Q. Screenshot of GEO Group Medical Report obtained via Freedom of Information Act Request. Collage by Adam Yahya Rayes/Michigan Public
She reported a sexual assault at Baldwin's North Lake. ICE deported her before the investigation was over.
Michelle Jokisch Polo, Adam Yahya Rayes
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