Advocates, former inmate question conditions at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility after 2 deaths

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. – Sara Edwards, a former inmate at Michigan’s Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, says she was “heartbroken, but not surprised” to learn of the death of inmate Rebecca Fackler, citing what she described as poor conditions and delays in medical care at the prison.

Edwards, who was incarcerated at the facility from 2014 to 2019, said she met Fackler in 2016 and remained in contact after her release.

She described Fackler as someone dealing with addiction and mental health struggles but who still tried to support others…

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