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| Class-action suit alleges minors housed in Michigan's adults prisons suffer sexual and physical abuse |
| By freep.com - Paul Egan |
| Published: 10/16/2013 |
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LANSING — An Ann Arbor attorney has brought a class-action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging the department and its officials have subjected male prisoners younger than 18 to sexual, physical and emotion abuse by unlawfully housing them with adult inmates. Attorney Deborah LaBelle, who in 2009 won a $100-million settlement on behalf of more than 500 female Michigan prisoners who said they were sexually abused by corrections officers, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Tuesday. Plaintiffs in the suit are seven unnamed “John Doe” prisoners who allege they were sexually and physically assaulted or harassed while housed in the Michigan prison system. Read More. |
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