prison health

Larisha Thornton, a woman wearing black glasses and a white shirt, is a former employee of Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility. Seated at a desk and in a brown leather chair, she said she developed medical issues herself related to the five years she spent working in the prison.

Oversight Committee hears testimony alleging mold, death, retaliation at Michigan women's prison

Beenish Ahmed

Lawmakers heard scathing testimony about mold and other persistent issues alleged to have jeopardized the health and wellbeing of people incarcerated at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility.

A white plastic bag is tied across the bottom of a black wheelchair at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, the state's only women's prison where the footrests should be. The wheelchair is on a brown tiled floor against a white wall.

Social Justice

Report: Incarcerated Michigan women miss meals and medicine because of a lack of wheelchairs and attendants

Beenish Ahmed

Disability Rights Michigan, an advocacy organization, found that women incarcerated in Michigan who required an attendant to help push their wheelchairs missed, on average, about half of their meals and many missed doses for prescription medication for seizures, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

Health

MSU study looks for more cost effective way to treat depression among prison inmates

Steve Carmody

Michigan State University researchers say they've found a cost-effective way to help prison inmates with depression.Roughly a quarter of prison inmates…