Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility

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.

The attorney representing incarcerated women filmed while being strip-searched will appeal their lawsuit after it was thrown out of court. The case involves incidents at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The weekend in Ypsilanti will be filled with a celebration of Juneteenth. It will also serve as an occasion to protest the federal administration's attacks on DEI programs. WEMU's David Fair spoke with event organizer and founder of the nonprofit "Survivors Speak," Trische' Duckworth, about what to expect and the efforts that will carry on beyond the weekend.

The Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Research Symposium will feature incarcerated students enrolled in the school's "College in Prison" program in a first-of-its-kind occasion in Michigan. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has more.

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

The US Justice Department is suing the Michigan Department of Corrections for discriminating against women who work at its only prison for female inmates,…