Women’s Huron Valley Commentaries
A collection of commentaries coming from Women’s Huron Valley
My Conditions at Huron Valley Women’s Prison
Conditions at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility
Auroniece Jackson
Okay. My name is Aroniece Jackson. My inmate number is 863752. I’m calling you pertaining to the things that’s going on in the prison. It’s overcrowded. Officers are corrupted. Mold in every unit. It’s unbearable… Full Transcript
The Women of Huron Valley
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
My inmate number in ND7568. The title of this piece is “The women at Huron Valley.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. It been brought to my attention… Full Transcript
Shortage of Medical Staff at Huron Valley
Prettyattie Cooper
My name is Prettyattie Cooper, and I’m calling from Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, MI, and I’m just calling to share my story. I am one of the inmates that have tested positive… Full Transcript
COVID-19 Grievances at Huron Valley
Julia Wigley
Hi, my name is Julia Wigley, and I’m calling from only female’s facility in Michigan. So I know there’s a COVID-19 epidemic going around. However, the way that they’re treating us in this prison is… Full Transcript
Unreported COVID Cases at Huron Valley
Physical Abuse at Women’s Huron Valley
Naykima Hill
Hey y’all. My name is Naykima Hill and I’m at Women’s Huron’s Valley. We have a situation. I called some time ago and it went viral about how we’re being treated in this prison. Right… Full Transcript
Grievances at Women’s Huron Valley
Sharon Hinojosa
My name is Sharon Hinijosa, 823708 from Women’s Huron Valley. I’m in unit four and we have big- sick- we have no air and we have big industrial-sized fans, and we don’t even have one… Full Transcript
Grievances at Woman’s Huron Valley
Naykima Hill
NAYKIMA: My name is Naykima Hill, and I’m calling from Women’s Huron Valley. I just want to let you guys know that the water is not following the CDC guidelines. They keep lying to the community telling… Full Transcript
Calls From The Valley Of Death
On Thursday Krystal Clark tried to reach us. The prison blocked her call. GTL, the prison phone service, dropped her number. Our staff engaged with the prison phone system and worked relentlessly to reestablish contact. And… Read More
Overcrowded at Women’s Huron
Quiana Lovett
My name is Quiana Lovett, and my number is 779728. And I’m calling with issues regarding the overcrowding here at Women’s Huron Valley correctional facility. Now, yesterday on C-SPAN, there was a hour worth of… Full Transcript
Krystal Clark Update
Krystal Clark is fighting for her life inside Women’s Huron Valley Prison in Michigan. We get calls from her weekly detailing the inadequate medical treatment. Listen to her latest commentary. Doctors are downplaying the seriousness of… Read More
Please Step Up For Krystal Clark
Bobby Main
Hi, this is Bobby Main. My number is 874670. I currently live at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, also known as the Death Prison. This prison is not doing what they’re supposed to for my… Full Transcript
Bobby Main
Michigan
Medical Proof of Black Mold at WHV
Naykima Hill
My name is Naykima Hill, and I’m calling in regards to a few issues. But one I’m gonna deal with today is about my best friend Krystal Clark. When I called the radio station the… Full Transcript
Please Support Prison Radio
As the founder of Prison Radio and as someone who has been on this journey for decades, when a person makes a gift, I feel hope and a renewed resilience. It literally means that we have… Read More
Outraged
Naykima Hill
This is my Naykima Hill, 270530, at the Huron Valley prison for women. And my title is, “Outraged.” I’ve been going through some changes medically. And right now I see a red dot. You can’t… Full Transcript
Melaney Byrd
Michigan
Ashleigh Smith
Michigan
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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Hi, my name is Krystal Clark. I’m from WHV here, Women’s Valley Prison in Ypsilanti. I don’t even know where to start. I’m suffering with- I came here with a heart condition and asthma. Now… Full Transcript