The Ionia County prosecutor requested the misdemeanor dismissals after Judge Raymond Voet dismissed felony charges, following ...

A judge has dismissed felony charges against four former corrections officers at an Ionia prison in connection with the 2024 beating of an inmate who was left with a broken back and other injuries.

IONIA, Mich. (WOOD) — New reports from the Michigan Office of the Auditor General flagged two state prisons in Ionia as “partially compliant” with state regulations. The Auditor General ...

New reports from Michigan Office of the Auditor General flagged two state prisons in Ionia as “partially compliant” with state regulations. (March 27, 2025) New Zealand banned phones in ...

The city of Ionia is working to decide the future of two former prison sites. (July 30, 2024) 'Simpsons' voice actor is retiring after 35 years with the show Therapists Say These 6 Common Habits ...

IONIA, Michigan — The City of Ionia is deciding what to do with their former correctional facility — and they need your help. The city is reimagining the 164-acre former Deerfield/Riverside ...

LANSING, Mich. — The warden of one of Ionia's prisons has been honored as the National Warden of the Year. Melinda "Mindy" Braman, warden of the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia ...

IONIA, Mich. — Brian Peterson of Kalamazoo has been in prison for 11 years with a minimum of nine years left on his sentence. In 2012, Peterson was convicted of second-degree murder in the death ...

LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - More Michigan prisons are slated to close as the state's inmate population declines, eliminating the need for hundreds of beds. The Michigan Department of Corrections plans ...

IONIA, Mich. — The old Deerfield Correctional Facility in Ionia has sat vacant for over a decade, but the city is excited about what the more than 40 acres of land could soon become after the ...