Tuesday, October 06, 2026
Task force urges overhaul of Michigan jail, pretrial system
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan should reclassify many traffic offenses as civil infractions, release more defendants before trial without requiring them to pay money, consider alternatives to incarceration and take other steps to reduce jail populations that have tripled in under 40 years, a task force said Tuesday.
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