Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility

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.

A former corrections officer at the Women’s Huron Valley prison has been sentenced to prison time for criminal sexual conduct. 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.

Joshua Lee of Wyandotte has pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates while employed at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility. WEMU's Caroline MacGregor reports.

Poor health conditions, indifference and retaliations against inmates and whistleblowers are some of the accusations being raised against the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility. State lawmakers today held a hearing concerning the conditions at the only women’s prison in Michigan. 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.

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.