Krystal Clark

The director of the Michigan Department of Corrections visited the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility Friday after demands for action following the deaths of several inmates. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

About 80 people gathered in front of the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility on Wednesday to protest conditions and recent inmate deaths at the prison. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Reports of mold at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility are creating difficult living conditions. The Ypsilanti-based organization Survivors Speak has been working to address these problems and to have inmate Krystal Clark released because of the health issues created by the prison conditions. Learn more in the conversation Lee Van Roth has with Survivors Speak founder, Trische' Duckworth.