Michigan auditors said they were able to carry a welding rod through prison metal detectors undetected at one facility.

New state reports find guards at three of Michigan’s prisons were likely falsifying logbooks from cell searches and ...

Also, many vehicles and people were not searched upon entering Ionia Correctional Facility, Baraga Correctional Facility in the Upper Peninsula, and Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in ...

The Michigan auditor general's findings come amid a chronic prison understaffing problem that corrections officers say is jeopardizing safety.

Auditors at one prison managed to bring in welding rods, stainless steel objects, and welded scrap metal without a metal ...

Handlon, Ionia, and Baraga correctional facilities. Ionia and Baraga both hold a combination of level five prisoners, which require a high level of security, and lower-level inmates. Handlon just ...