INSIDE MICHIGAN/ A humane public-data project
142,592 · records  ·  520,719 · sentences
VOL. I · NO. 01 · A PUBLIC-DATA PROJECT

People,
not offenders.

Michigan public corrections records describe 142,592 lives behind a difficult legacy web form. Inside Michigan turns that public record into a humane research tool. Every figure you see comes from the public record. Every design choice is ours to make.

Updated 22 April 2026Coverage All 83 Michigan countiesSample 142,592 individuals · 520,719 sentencesPhotos Withheld by default
§ 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
§ 04 - Movement layer

The system has a geography.
Now it has a memory.

Evidence layer live159,955timeline events

Facility dots show the current incarcerated population where known. Transfer arcs appear as the refresh worker records new snapshots and detects location changes. Individual timelines open through lookup or selected person profiles, not as a public rolling list.

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The map is live, but facility-to-facility arcs require future refresh snapshots before movement claims should be cited.

Public movement pages avoid a reverse-chronological feed of named people; individual timelines open only from lookup or selected profiles.