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Saturday, June 15, 2013  Senator Tom Casperson spoke on Friday regarding his disappointment in the privatization of the food service in Michigan's prisons

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  Police are investigating an attempt to smuggle drugs into the Marquette Branch Prison

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Mysterious inmate death determined to be a strangulation

Friday, June 01, 2012  Prison inmate death under investigation in Alger County

Monday, May 21, 2012  An inmate claims he was denied toothpaste and that is why he has gum disease

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  Protesters who disapprove of prison job cuts were lining Highway 41 in front of the Marquette Branch Prison Tuesday.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  High security prisons, like Marquette Branch and Alger Max, are more expensive

Monday, February 28, 2011  Six out of the last eight years, the Dickinson Co. jail has held more inmates than its capacity

Tuesday, November 30, 2010  The Schoolcraft County Jail doesn't meet the standards of the Michigan Department of Corrections, and Schoolcraft County had until October 1 to do something about it

Monday, September 13, 2010  The Michigan Department of Corrections has spoken, the Schoolcraft County Jail is not up to standards.  The D.O.C. has given the county until Tuesday to come up with a plan to fix the jail.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 

Thursday, April 08, 2010  Department of Corrections denies "dumping" parolees

Friday, July 10, 2009  Township is still fighting the closure.

Friday, June 05, 2009  Closure could have economic repercussions on the community.

Monday, April 13, 2009  The Michigan Department of Corrections is trying to deal with rising costs and a shrinking budget.