YPSILANTI, Mich. (WOWO) — A former inmate at Michigan’s only state prison for women is suing the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging corrections officers were present and recording with body-worn cameras while she gave birth at an Ann Arbor hospital.
Natalie Forrest filed the federal lawsuit October 8 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan over the March 6, 2025, delivery of her son at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital. Forrest and her attorneys allege male corrections officers remained in the delivery room with active body cameras, despite a warning weeks earlier that the practice could be illegal.
The Michigan Department of Corrections disputes her account, saying only a female corrections officer was in the room during delivery and that no video of the birth was created or retained…