Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility

Former Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility Corrections Officer, Joshua Lee, was sentenced to 18 months to 15 years’ after pleading guilty to one count of Second-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct (State Prisoner).

Following the launch of a new state transparency website claiming "normal" fungal conditions at Michigan’s only women's prison, advocates for ill inmate Krystal Clark issued a open letter demanding her release.

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.

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.

Community members and advocates gathered outside Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility demanding immediate action over alleged black mold exposure, medical neglect, and dangerous conditions.

Rebecca Fackler, 57, died on Sunday while incarcerated at Huron Valley women’s prison. The Michigan Department of Corrections didn't provide a cause of death.

The death of a 28-year-old woman at Michigan’s only women’s prison is drawing renewed scrutiny over conditions inside the facility.

The Michigan Department of Corrections shipped 90 new wheelchairs to the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility after a report identified accessibility failures.

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.

The American Friends Service Committee says the Michigan Department of Corrections is violating state law, as well as human rights, by subjecting women prisoners to video recording during strip searches.