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Michigan ballot initiative hopes to restore prisoners’ ability to earn time off sentence with good behavior

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Incarcerated people in Michigan state prisons are required to serve their minimum sentence and cannot earn credits for good behavior unless the crime was committed before 1987.

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‘I sat where they sat’: Kwame Kilpatrick says Michigan inmates need chance to earn early release

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Kwame Kilpatrick spoke in Dearborn on Wednesday to advocate for Michigan inmates, sharing his personal prison experiences and arguing that the state should offer opportunities for early release.