A former corrections officer at the Women’s Huron Valley Prison has been sentenced to prison time for criminal sexual conduct.
22-year-old Joshua Lee of Wyandotte was sentenced to 18 months to 15 years prison time on one count of 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct. This was for engaging in multiple sexual acts with several prisoners while working at the prison.
He accepted a plea deal in April, and three other counts were dropped.
State Representative Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) says while she’s happy there has been some accountability, laws need to change.
“You know, I am glad that he is facing some level of accountability. I am in communication with the Attorney General’s Office to address any potential gap in the current law.”
Currently, state law currently charges corrections officers under Second-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct for contact and penetration offenses in the same way.
"We’ve drafted some legislation and were working through the particulars of that with them to make sure we’ll actually resolve the issue to the greatest extent that we can."
Lee’s sentencing follows intense scrutiny into conditions at the prison where three women died within one month.
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