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A federal inmate pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, admitting that he was one of three people to attack and kill the leader of a child pornography ring who was in custody in Michigan.

“These staff shortages are making life immeasurably worse for inmates," said Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor.

MANISTIQUE, MI -- An inmate at the Schoolcraft County Jail briefly escaped police custody Saturday before being apprehended and returned to jail. The inmate was away from the jail for less than an hour according to police. The identity of the inmate has not been released as the escape is being reviewed for possible further charges. The inmate was being held at the jail on an unknown felony charge. READ MORE:Ohio man wanted for shooting at officer leads police on chase into MichiganInmate found dead in cell at West Michigan jail, police say

Ernest Johnson was executed despite pleas from Pope Francis and other advocates.

KENT COUNTY, MI – Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at Kent County Correctional Facility. The inmate’s name has not been released pending notification of family. The inmate was found unresponsive around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, during a scheduled cell check. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported medical emergency and began life-saving efforts until Life EMS paramedics took over. The inmate was pronounced dead at 4:17 a.m.An autopsy will be conducted, the Sheriff’s Department said.

Officials say an inmate at a western Michigan prison was attacked and killed over the weekend by two other inmates.

Body camera footage first obtained by the Associated Press shows a White police officer violently arresting a Black man following a traffic stop in 2019. The Louisiana State Police are now being investigated for a potential pattern of coverups.

A judge has ruled that a Washtenaw County deputy accused of and charged with assaulting an inmate will stand trial.

A local organization is on a mission to make sure no inmate in Michigan feels alone and isolated.

About 300 inmates in a prison near the Moroccan capital have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of what authorities say is a commitment to protect a population considered especially vulnerable

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the court was going back on a promise to allow inmates to propose alternative methods when a state’s procedure might cause excruciating pain.

A former supervisory correctional officer at the Valdosta State Prison (VSP) in Valdosta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of two inmates during two separate incidents. According to court documents and admissions made during the hearing, on Sept. 24, 2018, Patrick Sharpe, 30, while on duty as a correctional officer at VSP, assaulted a handcuffed inmate in retaliation for an earlier interaction between the inmate and a female officer. As a result of the assault, the inmate briefly lost consciousness and suffered lacerations to his face and head. In the second incident, on Dec. 29, 2018, Sharpe, while on duty as a supervisory correctional officer at VSP, instructed his subordinate officers to assault a handcuffed inmate in retaliation for an earlier altercation between that inmate and a different female officer. “The defendants committed two retaliatory, injurious, and unjustified assaults while acting as a corrections officer,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela S. Karlan of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

MOUNT PLEASANT, MI — Police are investigating the death of an inmate of the Isabella County Jail. On Monday, May 5, the inmate was taken to a local emergency room for treatment of low oxygen levels, said Sheriff Michael J. The inmate suffered an episode at the ER, prompting staff there to transfer him to the pathology unit at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. “During transport to Sparrow Hospital in the ambulance, the inmate suffered a catastrophic cardiac episode and died,” Main said. The sheriff added the inmate had been jailed to serve a sentence related to methamphetamine charges.

CHICAGO – A second federal inmate scheduled to be put to death next month in a series of executions by the Trump administration has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers said Friday. Johnson’s lawyers, Donald Salzman and Ronald Tabak, called on federal authorities to strike their client’s current execution date of Jan. 14. It has executed more people in a single year than any other administration in more than 130 years. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday that inmates held on federal death row — known as the Special Confinement Unit — have tested positive for COVID-19. As of Thursday, there were more than 300 inmates with confirmed cases of COVID-19 at FCC Terre Haute.

INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. – Deputies from the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office are looking for an inmate that escaped from his cell. Michael David McKerchie has been in jail since Sept. 21. He’s also accused of reckless driving causing serious impairment, failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing serious impairment, resisting arrest and assaulting police. His bond for those charges was $250,000 and he has a no-bond hold out of Calhoun County. READ: Local crime coverageMichael David McKerchie (Ingham County Sheriff's Office)

Details emerge on the deadly attack of Cpl. Bryant Searcy inside the Wayne County JailIf you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.

PONTIAC, Mich. – New video footage from inside the Oakland County Jail captured disturbing footage of a man in distress before he died. Video from the traffic stop captured deputies looking in Terrance Vaughn’s mouth before taking him to the Oakland County Jail. The family filed a civil rights lawsuit against the deputies, the jail staff and Oakland County based on what happened next. “It spoke volumes that there wasn’t a lot of care there for his life,” Jada Vaughn said. Oakland County officials said they will fight the lawsuit in court.

Lawsuit claims man’s death in Oakland County Jail was avoidablePublished: June 26, 2020, 6:10 pmNew video footage from inside the Oakland County Jail captured disturbing footage of a man in distress before he died.

PONTIAC, Mich. – An inmate at the Oakland County Jail was found unresponsive by deputies after strangling himself in his cell on Saturday afternoon. Upon noticing the inmate was unresponsive, deputies entered the cell and discovered a blanket attached to the man’s feet and tied around his neck as a ligature, police said. Officials say the deputies conducted CPR and used an automated external defibrillator on the inmate and were able to obtain a pulse. The inmate was then transported to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland hospital where he was placed on life support and listed in critical condition, officials said. The case is being investigated by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit.