Under growing pressure, Michigan’s Department of Corrections outlines “several deliberate steps in recent weeks to improve conditions” at the state's only prison for women.

With severe weather season approaching in Michigan, here are some things you can do to prepare and where to find cooling shelters around the state.

Yerlys Moreno López, a Venezuelan asylum seeker, said she needed surgery after agents tackled her.

Supporters of the legislation say protests can endanger public safety and unfairly target officers doing their jobs. Opponents say it would infringe on free speech.

Police in Ohio are still searching for suspects who opened fire near a busy street festival in Toledo and wounded 12 people over the weekend.

Growing concern surrounds the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility after the weekend passing of a 36-year-old prisoner prompted renewed scrutiny from elected officials and advocates. Emergency calls from previous deaths released to Michigan Public, but autopsies are still underway.

The order also declares June to be Gun Violence Prevention Month.

Una ex detenida asegura que sufrió agresiones sexuales reiteradas en North Lake Processing Center y que sus intentos de reportarlas a los administradores del centro no recibieron respuesta inicial.

DMC won’t acknowledge that Yerlys Moreno López is in its care, apparently bowing to pressure from ICE.

A former detainee says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center and that her attempts to alert administrators initially went unheeded.