Herkimer, 52, who started at Women's Huron Valley in 2010 after working more than 10 years at a Michigan men's prison in St. Louis, said the crowding has safety implications for corrections officers.

LANSING – Getting locked up in Michigan's only women's prison amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the U.S. Constitution, say two experts who have studied the facility near ...

The lawsuit was brought by 20 inmates at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Township near Ypsilanti, which is the only prison in Michigan that houses females.

Prison headcounts have dropped considerably in Michigan over the years, with the 38,415 inmates as of mid-May down more than 13,000 from the high water mark of 51,554 in March 2007.

Michigan Prison Films Women in Showers — and Caught Guards Saying Lewd Things, Lawsuit Says . The suit says Michigan is the only state with a policy directive to use body cameras on women in ...

Women in Michigan's only prison for females were, per policy, video-recorded on corrections officers' body cameras while they were nude during routine strip searches and while showering and using ...

LANSING, MI – A class action lawsuit filed by two Michigan prisoners claiming the state’s prison system forced women to work without pay has been dismissed. Michigan Court of Claims Judge ...

LANSING, MI – Two prisoners are claiming the state’s prison system is forcing women to work for free and are asking the court to act. Lisa Louise Upchurch and Ruqayyah Blue filed a class ...

More than 500 incarcerated women at Michigan’s only women’s prison are suing the state for $500 million, alleging they were illegally recorded during strip searches and other moments when they ...

An investigation into the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility found staff weren't properly searched over 50% of the time, while doctor's visits for inmates with chronic conditions could ...

Michigan’s single women’s prison, Women’s Huron Valley, holds more than 1,700 people. According to testimonies from those directly impacted, women in this facility endure dehumanizing procedures that ...