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OUR VISION

The Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration is a broad-based, statewide, non-partisan collaboration representing non-profit, faith-based, advocacy, grassroots, and service organizations united to end mass incarceration in Michigan. The Collaborative seeks to create and restore healthy communities.

MI-CEMI has adopted the following goals and objectives to be effective by the year 2030:

  • A 50% reduction in admissions to prison and jail through the increased use of diversionary programs that meet the goals of sentencing;
  • 75% of the population in each prison facility shall be engaged in productive activities at least 30 hours per week;
  • A 50% reduction in the average length of stay of persons admitted to prison through the implementation of sentencing and parole reforms;
  • A 50% reduction in the return-to-prison rate for persons released from State prison, through a rededication to the Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative Model, which includes full community engagement and community funding control, codified in law.
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OUR WORK

The artwork displayed here was created by people currently incarcerated.
For biographies of the artists, click here.

Changing Emergency Responses

Changing Emergency Responses

Bright Future - Distant Past by Montney

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Decarceration of Women

Decarceration of Women

Mother’s Bond by Melissa Belanger

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Ending Life & Long Sentences

Ending Life & Long Sentences

Mirror Evolution of America by Dr. C. Jerome Harden-Bey

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Open MI Door – End Solitary Confinement

Open MI Door – End Solitary Confinement

Money, Time, and the Parole Board(BUZZARDS) by Tim Brownell

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OUR TEAM

Frank Bertram

Frank Bertram

Frank Bertram, Member, Friends of Restorative Justice

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Ashley Blake

Ashley Blake

Ashley Blake, Midwest Regional Director, Center for Employment Opportunities

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Earl Burton

Earl Burton

Earl Burton, Relational Organizer, Michigan Liberation

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John S. Cooper

John S. Cooper

John Cooper, Executive Director, Safe & Just Michigan

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Marilena David-Martin

Marilena David-Martin

Marilena David-Martin, Deputy Director, State Appellate Defender Office

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Adrianna Duchene

Adrianna Duchene

Adrianna Duchene, Administrative Coordinator, Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration

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Mark P. Fancher

Mark P. Fancher

Mark Fancher, Racial Justice Project Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union – Michigan

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Desiree M. Ferguson

Desiree M. Ferguson

Desiree Ferguson, Legal Director/Senior Staff Attorney, Detroit Justice Center

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Natalie Holbrook

Natalie Holbrook

Natalie Holbrook, Program Director, American Friends Service Committee

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Gilda Z. Jacobs

Gilda Z. Jacobs

Gilda Jacobs, President & CEO, Michigan League for Public Policy

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Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones, Project Coordinator, Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration

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Mary King

Mary King

Mary King, Project Facilitator, Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration

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Kay Perry

Kay Perry

Kay Perry, Executive Director, Michigan Chapter – Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants

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Lois Pullano

Lois Pullano

Lois Pullano, Executive Director & Founder, Citizens for Prison Reform

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Algeria Wilson

Algeria Wilson

Algeria Wilson, Director of Public Policy, National Association of Social Workers – Michigan

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