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Immigration Customs Enforcement will get help from a northern Michigan county jail to hold and transport immigrants.Last year, private prison company GEO…

This week on Points North, we dive into how the state is trying to help underpaid and overworked court-appointed attorneys. Plus a former employee of the…

This week on Points North, former inmates of the Grand Traverse County Correctional Facility claim their basic hygiene needs are sometimes ignored. IPR…

When Kelsey Buttars was incarcerated at the Grand Traverse County Correctional Facility in 2017, corrections officers would typically bring feminine…

The Grand Traverse Sheriff's Office has appointed a new jail administrator. Lieutenant Christopher Barsheff has been promoted to Captain, and will now…

It’s been five months since a special prosecutor was asked to review a suicide at the Grand Traverse County jail. Alan Halloway hanged himself in the jail…

Nate Alger is the new Grand Traverse County administrator. On Wednesday, the county board of commissioners unanimously approved Alger’s contract. Alger is…

Following two suicides at the Grand Traverse County jail, county leaders are focusing their attention on mental health services there. That will likely…

A 36-year-old female prisoner, Marilyn Palmer, was found dead in a Grand Traverse County jail cell Wednesday night. This is the second death at the jail…

The Next Idea If you’re arrested and charged with a crime, you’ll likely be asked to “post bail.” Bail is the money that a defendant hands over to the...