April 23, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
A local representative has been assigned to participate with a new council that will explore jail reform.
State Representative and former Livingston County Sheriffâs Deputy Mike Mueller of Linden has been assigned to be a part of the new Michigan Jail Reform Advisory Council.
The council was created by an executive order signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday, with Mueller being nominated to participate by Speaker of House, Lee Chatfield. Governor Whitmer said, in a release, that the council will play a critical role in implementing long-overdue reforms in the justice system.
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ALPENA Alpena County Commissioner Bill Peterson was appointed this week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to a newly formed Michigan Jail Reform Advisory Council. Peterson will serve alongside law enforcement officials, legislators, attorneys, medical officers, and other officials on the council, which will monitor and evaluate criminal justice legislation passed in recent months.
Peterson was previously tapped for the Michigan Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration, which made its final recommendations to the state in January 2020. He learned of his appointment to the new council on Tuesday.
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LANSING, Mich. â Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday that creates a Michigan Jail Reform Advisory Council.
The governor says the council will help implement âlong overdueâ reforms to the stateâs criminal justice system.
âMichigan will continue to lead the way as we take tangible steps to reform our justice system, and I know that the bipartisan work of this council will make our communities and state safer, save taxpayer dollars and help us achieve the goals laid out by the Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration,â Whitmer said.