LANSING – The holiday season at the Department of Corrections is the time of the year when staff, inmates and the public get excited to see the newest edition of the Dogs of the MDOC Calendar.
“It features all dogs that have been raised in prison. I think it’s pretty cool,” said Heidi Washington, the director of the department.
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