Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility
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Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility is a prison for women located in Pittsfield Township, operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections
(MDOC). The 3 letter designation for this facility is WHV. It is the only prison in Michigan which houses women.
program.
Michigan Department of Corrections
The Michigan Department of Corrections oversees prisons and other correctional facilities in the state of Michigan, USA. It has 34 prison facilities, and a Special Alternative Incarceration program, together composing approximately 44,000 prisoners. Another 72,000 probationers and parolees are...
(MDOC). The 3 letter designation for this facility is WHV. It is the only prison in Michigan which houses women.
General
The prison is in region 3, Washtenaw County, and houses security levels I, II and IV. It opened in 1994 and includes 13 housing units for general population as well as housing for specialized programs. It has two perimeter fences with electronic detection devices and security cameras. Armed guards in vehicles patrol the perimeter. The prison shared personnel, prisoner records, maintenance operations and business offices with the adjacent Huron Valley Men's Complex, before the men's complex was closed in 2009 so that women could be moved in from the Robert Scotts Correctional facility. At this time the facility name was changed from Huron Valley Women's Complex. The facility has a capacity of 929 inmates.Food Rescue
Women in the prison's horticulture program operate a half-acre organic garden inside the prison which contributes 40% of the produce donated to the Washtenaw County Food Gatherers food rescueFood rescue
Food rescue, also called food recovery, is the practice of safely retrieving edible food that would otherwise go to waste, and distributing it to those in need.The recovered food is edible, but often not saleable...
program.