Calhoun County Jail

Supreme Court says local jail detainee records subject to FOIA

Rick Pluta | MPRN

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department must turn over records related to a person it detained for federal authorities. The county argued the records are exempt from state disclosure laws because the inmate was held on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Criminal Justice & Legal System

ACLU renews push to free immigrant detainees after COVID-19 outbreak at Calhoun County Jail

Sarah Cwiek

The ACLU of Michigan says medically-vulnerable immigrant detainees at the Calhoun County Jail should be released because of a COVID-19 outbreak there.The…

Criminal Justice & Legal System

Judge says released ICE detainee will not go back to Calhoun County Jail

Tracy Samilton

A federal district judge says an Iraqi man who was being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Calhoun County Jail should not go back…