Draft:Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration
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{{Short description|Michigan nonprofit organization}}
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The Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI) is a nonprofit organization incorporated in Michigan.{{cite web |url=https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?token=nBxILn58HwVtv4JMRDwTm1cWblopjmzIgq3FCQzRMH7Z0mRAdeXC1HcRvX/2iTX/Yk4cSUL2Pd+yvz81ObAaeL75xt5M5h35Fuk+jyXzbpbdhRWuc4l58XzcNVWLooNVZGCeP6KvLh/1QVzYiG2yZNaqYcLVIT6DPl2oKORTiREvuo3Fb54n7GV+BwcaPyELj67hrbKiiLrW7y1p2wuIhMqqhRQdZreaca1dKFsjy8wzX61spTXjZr2ZoaKbJRG9BZafCoXNfcgr4CldOMWlehpjrNBy7GOpQmtF6MJ6T2CoYq46M/v/F2zSrpIGBMd9R5w7cGzxQHH9XOdDOSvw9N+Y7MLI6M5T |title= Michigan Secretary of State |access-date= May 21, 2025}} The organization promotes criminal justice reform legislation that would improve public safety and reduce the human cost of incarceration in Michigan.{{cite news|url=https://michiganadvance.com/2024/06/29/criminal-justice-reform-advocates-pan-democrats-over-stalled-criminal-justice-reform-bills/ |title= Criminal justice reform advocates pan Democrats over stalled reform bills |website = Michigan Advance |author = Anna Liz Nichols |date = June 29, 2024 |access-date = May 21, 2025}} The collaborative consists of over 100 member organizations.{{cite web |url=https://michigancollaborative.org/member-organizations/ |title= Member Organizations |website= Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration |date= 11 June 2020 |access-date= May 23, 2025}}
The organization's website claims that Michigan's current approach to crime "has failed to improve public safety while exacerbating racial disparities, wasting taxpayer dollars, and harming families,"{{cite web |url=https://michigancollaborative.org |title= Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI) |access-date= May 21, 2025}} emphasizing the importance of reform.
Policy Positions
MI-CEMI supports a number of progressive legislative bills that would work to reduce mass incarceration.
In 2024, they supported "second look" reform legislation that would allow people incarcerated for long periods of time to petition courts for resentencing.{{cite web |url=https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/dems-eye-cash-bail-second-look-criminal-justice-reforms-michigan-lame-duck |title = Dems eye cash bail, 'second look' criminal justice reforms in Michigan lame-duck |website = Bridge Michigan |author = Lauren Gibbons |date= November 15, 2024 |access-date= May 21, 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/detroit-town-hall-staffing-safety-prisons/ |title= Michigan leaders, advocate call for prison reform at Detroit town hall |website= CBS News Detroit |author= DeJanay Booth-Singleton, Walter Murphy |date= October 17, 2024 |access-date= May 21, 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-05-13/criminal-justice/mi-woman-shares-mothers-day-with-mom-incarcerated-for-decades/a90272-1 |title= MI woman shares Mother's Day with mom incarcerated for decades |website= Public News Service |author= Chrystal Blair |date= May 13, 2024 |access-date= May 23, 2025}}
In 2023, the organization advocated for laws requiring that a driver's license or state ID be provided to people being released from Michigan prisons.{{cite news|url= https://www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-law-should-require-inmate-id-program-lawmakers-say/ |title= Michigan law should require inmate ID program, lawmakers say |author= Nushrat Rahman |date= April 3, 2023 |website= BridgeDetroit |access-date= May 23, 2025}}
Methods
The organization organizes lobbying efforts and media campaigns to educate Michigan lawmakers about specific bills. They have also engaged in public education campaigns to gain widespread awareness of problems related to incarceration in Michigan.{{cite news|url= https://www.secondwavemedia.com/concentrate/features/letmetellyou0648.aspx |title= Washtenaw County organizations lead effort to publish Michigan prinsoners' firsthand stories |author= Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder |date= August 24, 2022 |website= Concentrate |access-date= May 23, 2025}} Staff and leadership frequently share their own or others' stories of incarceration and hardship.{{cite news|url=https://prismreports.org/2022/08/05/recession-worsen-burden-formerly-incarcerated-bipoc/ |title= The recession may make things worse for formerly incarcerated BIPOC |author= Sakshi Udavant |website= Prism |date= August 5, 2022 |access-date= May 23, 2025}}
Leadership
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External links
- {{Official website|https://michigancollaborative.org/}}