MI DOC - Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV)

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MI DOC – Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 734-572-9900

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional located at 3201 Bemis Rd in Ypsilanti, MI are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

The Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) serves as the only state prison in the Michigan Department of Corrections that houses females. The facility provides all reception center processing which includes thirteen housing units for general population prisoners in level I, II, and IV, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT), Special Alternative Incarceration (SAI), Residential Treatment Program (RTP), Acute Care, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Infirmary and Detention.

Women's Huron Valley services include personnel, prisoner records, business office, maintenance operations, warehouse operations and houses Correctional Mental Health Programs Administration.

Programming – Adult Basic Education and General Education Development preparation classes are offered, as well as pre-release and life skills instruction. Vocational training is offered in Auto Mechanics, Building Trades, Business Education Technology, Horticulture, Food Technology and Custodial Maintenance. All facets of the Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative are offered on site. Programs are gender responsive. Prisoners have access to religious programs, substance abuse treatment, psychological services, general library and law library services. Phase I Programs offered in Cognitive Therapy, Violence Prevention and Social Support.

Prisoners are provided on-site routine medical and dental care. Pregnant prisoners receive counseling, parenting classes, and child care options. Medical emergencies are referred to local hospitals.

Security

The facility has two perimeter security fences with electronic detection systems. Security cameras are located throughout the facility and perimeter. Vehicles with armed personnel patrol the perimeter.

AGE LIMIT: Females, all ages except under the age of 18 are housed separately
SECURITY LEVELS: I, II and IV

visitation Info

Michigan DOC – Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) – Visitation

Visiting Hours

Monday, Thursday and Friday are 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Weekend visits are according to an odd/even schedule, based on the last digit of the prisoner's number.
If the number ends in an odd digit that prisoner may have visitation only on the odd dated weekend day.