Correctional Facilities Administration
The Correctional Facilities Administration (CFA) is responsible for the state's prisons and camps, including the Special Alternative Incarceration (boot camp). CFA has administrative offices in Lansing from which Deputy Director Dennis Straub oversees the network of secure facilities. The network is divided into three regions, and each region has a Regional Prison Administrator who has oversight over wardens. At the local level, the wardens oversee daily operations of the prisons and camps. CFA also manages several peripheral aspects of facility operation, including prisoner transportation, food service and classification.

UM-Dearborn signs agreement with ACA for provisional certification
Students who successfully pass the ACA's certification exam and complete the University of Michigan-Dearborn's degree program in criminal justice may now become provisionally certified by the American C ...

Overview of the Prison Rape Elimination Act-- Power Point Presentation 
The 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act provides for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prisoner sexual abuse (rape).

Training program assessment means college credits for MDOC employees by John Cordell
Excelsior College, a non-profit institution of higher learning in Albany, NY, recently completed an assessment of MDOC training programs to determine their value as college credit.

Michigan State Industries Added!
Michigan State Industries, which teaches job skills to prisoners while offering competitive products and services to governmental and non-profit agencies, has been added to the Corrections Web site. Here, potential customers can learn about the various products and services available, download an order form, get a price list for the various products and find out why industries is playing an important role in the rehabilitation of offenders.

Morrison selected as 2008 Officer of the Year
Lakeland Correctional Facility's Byran Morrison has been selected as the Michigan Department of Corrections 2008 Officer of the Year.