{"id":11176,"date":"2022-01-15T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/?p=11176"},"modified":"2022-01-15T20:56:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T01:56:38","slug":"emergency-action-sunday-january-16th-at-the-womens-huron-valley-correctional-facility-at-12pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/2022\/emergency-action-sunday-january-16th-at-the-womens-huron-valley-correctional-facility-at-12pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Action: Sunday, January 16th, at the Women\u2019s Huron Valley Correctional Facility at 12pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Emergency Action, Sunday, January 16th, at the Women\u2019s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, at 12pm. It\u2019s located at 3201 Bemis Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.Conditions at Michigan\u2019s one prison for women have been problematic long before COVID. Overcrowding, lack of access to mental health and adequate medical services, lack of programming, major staffing shortages which lead to fatigue and outright abuse, antiquated buildings, sewage & heating and cooling systems, and more have plagued Women\u2019s Huron Valley for years.

You can sign the petition to Address Inhumane & Dangerous Conditions at Huron Valley Women\u2019s Prison to Governor Whitmer and MDOC Director Heidi Washington here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COVID 19 has exacerbated existing problems at the Valley. A recent memo from Sen. Jeff Irwin<\/a>, reporting from Prison Radio<\/a>, and accounts from women held at the facility document reduced access to yard time and rehabilitation programs, overcrowding, lack of access to cleaning and sanitary items, and inadequate COVID protections. These conditions have led to a COVID surge at Huron Valley. According to the Detroit Free Press<\/a>, the facility \u201cconstitutes 60% of all known cases [of COVID] among the incarcerated in the state.\u201dThis dangerous conditions at the prison require immediate action to address the crisis as well as long-term changes to improve oversight, remedy inhumane conditions, and release women who could safely return to their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsored by:
\u2022 American Friends Service Committee Michigan Criminal Justice Program
\u2022 Emergent Justice
\u2022 Huron Valley DSA
\u2022 Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice
\u2022 Just Us NOW
\u2022 Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration
\u2022 Michigan Liberation
\u2022 Nation Outside
\u2022 Prison Radio
\u2022 Southeast MI Pull Over Prevention
\u2022 Redeeming Kimberly
\u2022 Silent Cry
\u2022 Survivors Speak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emergency Action, Sunday, January 16th, at the Women\u2019s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, at 12pm. It\u2019s located at 3201 Bemis Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.Conditions at Michigan’s one prison for women have been problematic long before COVID. Overcrowding, lack of access to mental health and adequate medical services, lack of programming, major staffing shortages which lead to fatigue and outright abuse, antiquated buildings, sewage & heating and cooling systems, and more have plagued Women’s Huron Valley for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[351],"class_list":["post-11176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-prisoner-solidarity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11179,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176\/revisions\/11179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}