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Battle Heating Up In Lansing Over State Corrections Budget
By wmuk.org- Cheyna Roth
Published: 05/16/2017

(MPRN-Lansing) A battle is heating up in Lansing over the state’s corrections budget.

Republican Senator John Proos’ subcommittee on corrections passed a budget that cuts the Department of Correction’s budget by about 40 million dollars. Proos said because the prison population is down, continuing to spend about the same amount each year means they are spending too much per prisoner.

But the Michigan Department of Corrections says it’s not that simple. MDOC Director Heidi Washington said.

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