Advocate Resources

Interactive Michigan Map

Reentry Services Locator App

Why The Marshall Project is tracking COVID-19 in America’s prisons

This Wayne County, Michigan, program is helping exonerate people for crimes they didn’t commit – now it’s going statewide

Prison conditions, decarceration, and mutual aid in the age of COVID-19

Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19

Michigan Jails Task Force – House Legislative Package

Michigan Jails Task Force – Senate Legislative Package

Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19

Webinar on Emergency Funding for Coronavirus response in local justice systems

Vera: Monitoring jail populations during COVID-19

Vera COVID-19 and Criminal Justice: City and State Spotlights

COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Federal and State Prisons

Survey of COVID-19 Concerns in the Michigan Department of Corrections, May 2020

The Consequences of COVID-19 on Individuals Impacted by the Criminal Justice System

Mourning Our Losses: A space to honor and remember those who died while living or working behind bars during the COVID-19 pandemic

ACLU: Reentry in the COVID-19 Era: Building Pathways for Successful Community Reintegration (April 2020)

COVID-19 Pleadings and Resources for Attorneys and Advocates (supported by Michigan State Appellate Defender Office)

COVID-19: Court Information about Essential Functions, Links to Resources (supported by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission) (March 23, 2020)

Resources for Behavioral Health and Criminal/Legal Institutions during the COVID-19 Outbreak (supported by the Wayne State University Center for Behavioral Health and Justice) (April 8, 2020)

Reforms needed for pregnant people in prison, advocates say

Groups call on state to prioritize vaccination of people in Michigan prisons

Families, advocates to protest Michigan’s handling of coronavirus in prisons as cases surge

Advocates Call For Changes In Prisons To Reduce Inmates’ Exposure To Coronavirus

Demand a Moratorium on Youth Fines & Fees

Michigan Prisoner Rehabilitation Credit Act

ACLU Urges Governor Gretchen Whitmer To Release Vulnerable People From Prisons To Stop The Spread Of COVID-19 (April 16, 2020)

Letter to Governor on Prisons from Advocacy Organizations Urging Release and Improvement of Conditions (April 6, 2020)

Nation Outside Demands Action on COVID-19 in Prisons (April 2020)

Statement of the Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration (April 1, 2020)

Michigan State Appellate Defender Office – Jail and Prison Survey

Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Attorney Client Access and Covid-19

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