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 ...

IONIA, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has announced an Ionia prison will close amid declining inmate populations. The state says operations at Michigan Reformatory will ...

The Michigan Reformatory prison in Ionia will close in November and an Adrian prison will consolidate four units due to declining prisoner populations, the Michigan Department of Corrections said ...