A public-data publication · Michigan corrections

People,
not numbers.

Michigan’s corrections system describes 142,592 lives through a difficult legacy web form. We turn that public record into a humane research tool — built around context, restraint, and reform-minded design.

Enter the dashboard →Follow the flow Deaths Inside

ContentsVol. I · No. 01

§ 01DashboardThe numbers at a glance § 02LookupFind an individual record § 03ReformThe confrontational view § 04Deaths InsideDeaths, illness & the undercount § 05FlowPopulation flows & reform metrics § 06MovementsAggregate facility changes § 07Ask the DataAI over 520,719 sentences § 08SupportKeep the work going

Mission

Replace friction with context, not spectacle.

The source system was built for lookup. This publication is built for understanding: aggregate views, careful search, humanizing language, and clear limits around what public records can and cannot prove.

This is not an official government service or legal authority. It is a public-data research layer intended to make institutional data more legible and less casually dehumanizing.

Human first

People, not rows

Language and interface choices that resist turning public records into spectacle.

Careful access

Photos withheld

Photos are never the center of the product. Public photo routes stay blocked by default.

Useful context

Data with limits

Scope, methodology, and uncertainty shown clearly — no claim beyond what the data supports.

142,592people in the record

520,719sentences preserved

83Michigan counties

~60facilities tracked