State audit of Michigan prisons finds security and safety failures • Michigan Advance

State audit of Michigan prisons finds security and safety failures • Michigan Advance

Charles O'Rear | Getty ImagesAudits of three prisons in Michigan found significant gaps in security, from falsified cell-check records to auditors being able to get scissors through the metal detectors. The audits, aimed at evaluating security and safety standard compliance at the Ionia Correctional Facility, Baraga Correctional Facility and Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, found some overlapping issues with security that State Auditor …