Michigan Department of Corrections Archives

Detroit Man’s Cellphone Scheme Cost Taxpayers $11 Million

July 6, 2023July 5, 2023 The Center Square

Dewan Williams, 47, of Detroit, turned himself into the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections last week to begin serving up to a 20-year sentence for scamming taxpayers out of $11 million via a benefits phone scheme.

Williams was sentenced in February in the 3rd Circuit Court on one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony, and one count of identity theft, a 5-year felony, for using personal information stolen from thousands of identity theft victims to defraud the State and financially benefit himself.

Thousands Formerly Incarcerated Get Michigan IDs, Driver’s Licenses

November 27, 2021November 26, 2021 The Center Square

The Michigan Department of State (MDOS) has provided more than 5,000 state identification cards and driver’s licenses to parolees through its joint initiative with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC).

The program offers newly paroled Michiganders a driver’s license or state ID has boosted these transactions by more than 10 times the prior amount.

Michigan State Prisons Stop in-Person Visits Effective Immediately

March 16, 2020March 15, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced Friday that it will cut off in-person prison visits, effective immediately, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Michigan Agrees to Pay $80 Million in Settlement for Case Involving Teen Abuse in Prisons

February 28, 2020February 27, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

Michigan will pay $80 million to settle a lawsuit filed against the state’s Department of Corrections (MDOC) in 2013 by a group of juvenile offenders who said they were sexually assaulted while housed in adult prisons.