A former corrections officer at Michigan’s only women’s prison was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing prisoners, another sign of deep problems at a facility already plagued by allegations of unsafe conditions, medical neglect, deaths behind bars, and employee misconduct.

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the city of Romulus filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to stop the Trump administration from converting a local warehouse into a large-scale immigration detention center.

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