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Wayne and Ingham counties are planning to work with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt on plans to forgive county residents who are in debt to health care systems.
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We look at the ongoing crisis within Wayne county’s juvenile jails, and what’s being done about it.
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The report details the alleged events of the night of March 14, 2023, when a 12-year-old was reportedly assaulted by multiple other youths at the detention center.
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The state monitors were placed in the county’s juvenile detention facility last March, after the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old by other detainees. Now, one is accused of criminal sexual conduct and child abuse of a 15-year-old inmate.
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The county ended a longstanding partnership with the University of Michigan in April 2022 due to ongoing problems at the office, including long wait times for issuing death certificates and cremation permits. Funeral homes and families of the deceased also complained about frequent errors and lack of communication from death investigators.
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The ruling stemmed from a 2020 lawsuit. It pointed out that police would often seize people’s vehicles, allegedly for connections to crime or nuisance abatement purposes, without ever actually charging them with a crime—though people could pay to get them back.
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The three-year plan for the Wayne County Community Air Quality Project calls for installing 100 new stationary air monitors at strategic points throughout the county. The county will supplement that with 500 mobile monitors given to vulnerable residents, including children, who can clip them on their backpacks.
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Christine McDonald, investigative reporter for Detroit Free Press, discussed reporting on the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Center in Hamtramck.
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Wayne County Executive Warren Evans laid out the county’s plan to put 100 stationary air monitors throughout the county.
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Wayne County declares an emergency at the county juvenile detention center. A zoo in Grand Rapids looks to help repopulate a midwest butterfly. Finally, learning about Ann Arbor’s hopes to move to municipal power.