Field Days

Cary Johnson, a corrections officer at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson was named the 2017 Corrections Officer of the Year for her integrity and dedication to public safety. She is pa...

20 Jun 201736min

James Fults, who was named the 2017 Director's Award winner for his tireless efforts to promote the Vocational Village in the business community and help connect paroling prisoners to jobs, reflects o...

13 Jun 201729min

Director Heidi Washington attended the Mackinac Policy Conference, focused on one of the conference's pillars - increasing economic opportunity. By having conversations with business leaders about the...

6 Jun 201710min

The program has shown early success, but it is in jeopardy due to budget cuts proposed by the state Senate. The MDOC requested funding to expand WRAP to the west side of the state and build on the po...

30 Mai 201727min

In this special edition podcast, we pay tribute to Candice Dunn, the 2017 Probation/Parole Agent of the Year, who was tragically killed in a car accident on May 9. You will hear her acceptance speech ...

24 Mai 201729min

In the first ever live episode of Field Days you'll hear from the Field Operations Administration (FOA) Outstate and Metro Supervisors of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients at the ...

16 Mai 201713min

In 2003, the Michigan Department of Corrections began what would become a long and fulfilling relationship with the Children's Trust Fund by donating items to its first auction to help support the org...

9 Mai 201734min

This week Chris and Greg talk about a new program that helps provide paroling prisoners with an additional avenue to access jobs. The Trading Places program helps prisoners in building trades earn cre...

2 Mai 201721min