×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue
Loaded on June 15, 2006
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2006, page 28
During its six years of operation, the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility has been criticized over abuse, suicide attempts, and a policy of filling beds at the maximum-security prison with low level offenders. But even after its closure, the privately run prison continues to poison the community and divide the government.
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
Staffing,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness),
Suicides,
State Legislation.
Locations:
New Jersey,
Virginia.
…
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Torture in Maine Prison, by Lance Tapley
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Maquiladoras Expanding in Mexico; Global System of Prison Factories Envisioned, by Michael Rigby
- North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More, by Michael Rigby
- Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment T
- Illinois DOC Seeks to Block Ex-Wardens Benefits, by Matthew Clarke
- The Decline and Fall of the Prison Press, by Leah Caldwell
- Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D
- California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success, by Marvin Mentor
- Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment, by Mark Wilson
- California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation , by Marvin Mentor
- Aramark to Pay $65,000 for Overbilling Pennsylvania Prison
- $40,000 Default Judgment Reversed for Determination of Service of Process Validity
- Unpaid Prisoners Clean Up Rita Ravaged Southeast Texas
- $20,500 New Hampshire Jail Award Upheld for False Disciplinary Charges
- Estate of Pennsylvania Prisoner Killed By Wexford Health Sources Settles Suit for $2.15 Million, by Michael Rigby
- Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue, by Michael Rigby
- Love Letter Mail Scam Nets Ten Prisoners $221,000 and Fed Time
- Maryland ALJ Faults Arbitrary Transfer/Medical Order Violation
- Michigan DOCs Visitation Ban for Substance Abuse Upheld
- California Prison Excessive Force Death Suit Settled For $850,000
- GEO Buys CSC After Settling $38.8 Million Judgment in Texas Boot Camp Death
- Washington DOC May Seize Money for LFOS; RCW 9.94A.772 Abrogates Angula
- GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons, by Matthew T. Clarke
- Denial of Medication/Prescribed Treatment States Eighth Amendment Claim
- Georgia Jail and Its Medical Provider Settle Jail Wrongful Death Suit For $500,000, by Joan G. Crumpler
- Florida Muslim's Forced Shave Challenge Remanded, by David Reutter
- Federal Court Filing Fees Increased, Cost of Justice Too High for Many Prisoners
- California Ex-Con DNA Collection Law Ruled Not Retroactive, by John E Dannenberg
- PHS Parent Company Fires Executives For Cause In Billing Scandal
- Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death, by Gary Hunter
- Failure to Procure Medical Treatment Suit Proceeds Against Puerto Rican Guard
- Dismissal of the Publisher/Approved Vendor Only Challenge Reversed
- California Ban On Sexually Explicit Materials Upheld
- Washington DOC Pays Again for Flaunting Open Records Law
- Second Circuit: Drug-Abuse Based Denial Of HCV Treatment Is Actionable, by John E Dannenberg
- PLRA Does Not Apply to Released Prisoner
- § 1997e(e) Governs First Amendment Claims in Fifth Circuit
- Qualified Immunity Denied in Illinois Jail Rape Case
- Alabama Supreme Court Sidesteps Merits of Suit Challenging Contracted Prison Labor
- Washington Community Placement Condition Barring Pornography Unconstitutionally Vague
- SJ Reversed on Delaware Detainee Triple-Celling Claim; Due Process, Not Eighth Amendment Controls
- News in Brief:
- PLRAs 150% Attorney Fee Cap Applied in Nominal Damages, Non Prison Case Against Police
More from Michael Rigby:
- Report On Arizona Hostage Crisis May Never Be Released , Aug. 23, 2016
- Federal Jury Awards $45,001 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted By Guards, Aug. 23, 2016
- Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Photos Delivered to Prisoner, April 15, 2013
- New York: Indigent Defendants' Suit Over Non-representation Ruled Justiciable, March 15, 2013
- Trial and Conviction in Washington Jailhouse Courtroom Overturned, March 15, 2013
- Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 15, 2013
- Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011
- Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data, April 15, 2011
- Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water, April 15, 2011
- Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims, Jan. 15, 2011
More from these topics:
- Spike in Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides Blamed on Isolation, K-2 and Spotty Mental Healthcare, May 1, 2026. DOJ CRIPA Actions, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Confinement in Segregated Housing, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
- Idaho Moves Closer to Firing Squad Executions, May 1, 2026. Death Penalty, State Legislation, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
- Atlanta Jail Boasts Improvements Since Consent Decree, Reports from Monitor and ACLU Are More Critical, May 1, 2026. Staffing, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Consent Decrees, Bail/Pretrial Release.
- $9.8 Million in Settlements Reached with South Carolina County and Wellpath in Gruesome Jail Death, May 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Sanitation, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.
- Prisoners in Norfolk, Virginia Left on Extended Lockdown, May 1, 2026. Staffing, Lockdowns, Telephone Access, Extended Family Visiting, Failure to Protect (Staff).
- $2.135 Million Partial Settlement Reached in Schizophrenic Detainee’s Death from “Gross Medical Neglect” at South Carolina Jail, May 1, 2026. Prison Health Services, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.
- Faced with Record-Breaking Jail Deaths, L.A. County Supervisors Tell Sheriff’s Department to Improve Access to Naloxone, Camera Monitoring, and Security Checks at California Jail, May 1, 2026. Drug Overdose, Overcrowding, Sanitation, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
- Taser Use Doubled After Grand Jury Report on Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death, May 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Stun Guns/Tasers, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Staff Training.
- Federal Court Places Medical Care in Arizona Prisons Under Receivership, May 1, 2026. Naphcare, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injunctions, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
- Nearly 50 People Have Died in ICE Custody Since Trump’s Return to White House, May 1, 2026. LaSalle Management Company, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Suicides, Immigration Detention.