John Coffey Jr. was a promising local baseball pitcher with opportunities to play at Michigan community colleges.
He had time to spend with a family he calls supportive and various jobs in roofing or construction work.
Heroin took all this — and more.
A close friend died. He saw and felt his own mind and body deteriorating, but …
December 28, 2011 Tags: MI, news
Category: Addiction, Ex-offenders No Comments 
Michigan Department of Corrections Director Dan Heyns sees ensuring offenders have the resources to improve as imperative to the corrections process.
His thoughts on a reentry program, of which he was critical as Jackson County sheriff, have changed, he said late last month during a Lansing interview with the Citizen Patriot.
Law enforcement authorities found fault with …
December 10, 2011 Tags: MI, news
Category: Ex-offenders, Policy, Projects No Comments
