juvenile prisoners

The measures — signed into law Thursday — take aim at reforming the state's juvenile justice system and correcting some of the critiques against it.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday to create a task force to look for ways to dramatically overhaul juvenile justice in Michigan.

Starting in October 2021, 17-year-olds will no longer automatically be treated as adults in Michigan’s criminal justice system. Michigan will join the…

The governor will now have to decide if the criminal justice system should stop automatically treating 17-year-olds as adults.A bipartisan package of…

Bills that would raise the age of the juvenile court’s jurisdiction from 17 to 18-years-old are one step closer to the governor’s desk.It means that…

IPR’s series “Irredeemable" has won two national awards from Public Radio News Directors, Incorporated. “Irredeemable" examines the human side of a legal…

(Editor’s note: we recommend you listen to the story.)In March 2001, Fred Williams left his friend Tanya Davis’ house to get groceries. He was 17 and…

Michigan prosecutors have come under national scrutiny for what critics have argued is an effort to ignore, or at least slowly comply with, the recent...

All this week, we’re looking at juvenile lifers in Michigan -- those inmates sentenced to mandatory life without the possibility of parole for crimes...

There are roughly 42,000 men and women serving time in prison in the state of Michigan. They all have stories of how they got there, ranging from poor...