DETROIT, MI (AP)-- More and more Michigan ex-cons are killing people after they leave prison, a problem that the state Department of Corrections and its employees union blame on each other.
The Detroit Free Press says 88 probationers or parolees committed 95 homicides in 2010 through August 31, 2012. Ex-cons under state supervision killed 21 people in 2010, 38 in 2011, and 36 in the first eight months of 2012.
Michigan has cut corrections spending under budget pressures. It operates 31 prisons and employs 15,000 people, with a $2 billion annual budget.
About 51,000 people are on probation and 18,000 on parole in Michigan.
