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  2. Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) is a prison for women located in Pittsfield Township, Michigan, [1] operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). The three-letter designation for this facility is WHV. It is the only prison in Michigan which houses women. [2]

  3. List of Michigan state prisons - Wikipedia

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    It eventually closed in December 2004 and all inmates and staff were transferred to the Huron Valley Complex in Ypsilanti. The closure of the facility saved the state an estimated $23 million per year. The Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals was built in Ionia in 1885 and treated prisoners and non-prisoners until 1972. It was renamed the Ionia ...

  4. Detroit House of Correction - Wikipedia

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    The Detroit House of Correction (DeHoCo), opened in 1861, was owned and run by the City of Detroit but originally accepted prisoners from throughout the state including women. This was the first State operated prison for female felons. The state renovated the woman's division into the new Phoenix facility.

  5. Michigan State Prison - Wikipedia

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    Michigan State Prison or Jackson State Prison, which opened in 1839, was the first prison in Michigan. After 150 years, the prison was divided, starting in 1988, into four distinct prisons, still in Jackson: the Parnall Correctional Facility which is a minimum-security prison; [2] the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility where prisoners can finish their general education; [3] the Charles ...

  6. The number of women in jail is reportedly skyrocketing - AOL

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    The number of women held in local US jails has skyrocketed over the last four decades, jumping 14 times what it was in the 1970s, according to a report. The number of women in jail is reportedly ...

  7. List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and ...

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    In 2015 there were 1,942,500 male and 202,600 female inmates in prisons and jails. That is 10.4% female. [25] Note: The state, federal, and U.S. total rows sort, but they come back to the top after further sorting. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links.

  8. 31 guards suspended after female inmates reportedly ... - AOL

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    Thirty-one staff members at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility have been suspended as claims of inmate abuse by prison guards are... View Article The post 31 guards suspended after female ...

  9. Incarceration of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States in 2015, women made up 10.4% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [5] [6] Between 2000 and 2010, the number of males in prison grew by 1.4% per annum, while the number of females grew by 1.9% per annum.