Michigan Department of Corrections

The warden at Women’s Huron Valley Prison is taking personal leave. The move comes amidst an increased focus on conditions at the prison and several deaths within a short timeframe this year. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Ypsilanti State Representative Jimmie Wilson Jr. wants to form a workgroup to address the conditions of Michigan’s prisons. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

A 36-year-old woman is the third inmate to die within three weeks at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility. WEMU's Caroline MacGregor reports.

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.

A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders being returned to prisons is at an all-time low. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Department of Corrections and a former spokesperson are being sued on allegations of sexual harassment. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Corrections departments across the country are seeing an increase in the use of contraband cell phones and, subsequently, a direct correlation to an increase in organized crimes in prisons. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor chats with MDOC Director Heidi Washington about calls for state legislation to pass signal jamming technology to detect and disrupt contraband cell phone use in correctional facilities.

New state reports out Thursday are listing concerns with three of Michigan’s prisons. Colin Jackson has more.

Inmates in Michigan’s only prison for women are suing the state Department of Corrections. Colin Jackson has more.