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Ed Conlin allegedly abused women and girls in Belfast in the 1990s. He later worked as a substance abuse counselor in Detroit, and the brotherhood didn’t disclose the boundaries around young people he was to follow. -
![PLACEHOLDER: An editorial collage set against a muted gray-purple background, combining three layered elements. On the left, a torn envelope or piece of mail bearing the logo and address of the GEO Group's North Lake Processing Center. In the center, a heavily distorted, glitched portrait of a person whose face is obscured through digital fragmentation, suggesting anonymity and erasure. On the right, a partially visible medical report form with several fields heavily redacted in black. Visible handwritten entries include an incident date of 3-16-2026, a time of 09, a checked "Yes" box next to "necessary to notify physician?", "N/A" written next to a "Fighting" checkbox, and a handwritten description reading "Sexual assault from housin[g]" occurring at "3-4am."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9b8d60f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+5/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F3d%2F1547e7294b60b5ff7f4823f3a84d%2Fq-story-headers-wip-10.png)
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. -
A conversation with a reporter covering Detroit's efforts to increase rental safety. What happened when a sexual assault was reported at Michigan's largest immigrant detention center. And the latest episode of On Hand on where Up North begins. -
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.
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Wayne County prosecutors have filed five new sexual assault cases against former nurse Wilfredo Figueroa-Berrios, bringing the total number of cases to eight. -
Zebadiah Soriano wants his involuntary statement suppressed, and he wants a sentence that includes putting his name on the state’s sex offender registry reversed. -
Two more women have come forward to accuse a former nurse at Detroit’s Sinai-Grace Hospital of sexually assaulting them. -
This is National Crime Victims Rights Week, and survivors of violent crime and their loved ones are holding healing vigils across the nation. -
The conference features training from experts in law enforcement, health care, victim advocacy, mental health and trauma. -
A closer look at school budgets across the state, a cookbook combining midwestern and Middle Eastern food sensibilities, the appearance of racist billboards across metro Detroit, and the lingering effects of Detroit's rape kit backlog.
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![PLACEHOLDER: An editorial collage set against a muted gray-purple background, combining three layered elements. On the left, a torn envelope or piece of mail bearing the logo and address of the GEO Group's North Lake Processing Center. In the center, a heavily distorted, glitched portrait of a person whose face is obscured through digital fragmentation, suggesting anonymity and erasure. On the right, a partially visible medical report form with several fields heavily redacted in black. Visible handwritten entries include an incident date of 3-16-2026, a time of 09, a checked "Yes" box next to "necessary to notify physician?", "N/A" written next to a "Fighting" checkbox, and a handwritten description reading "Sexual assault from housin[g]" occurring at "3-4am."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/750b7f9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+5/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F3d%2F1547e7294b60b5ff7f4823f3a84d%2Fq-story-headers-wip-10.png)
