Women in MI prison suffers constant pain from black mold, alleges cover up

“I have real bad nose bleeds, I’ve been throwing up blood. And they know about this. It’s a cover-up!”

Supporters rallied outside Michigan’s only women’s prison to demand the release of Krystal Clark, a 41-year-old Detroit woman who says exposure to black mold inside Woman’s Huron Valley is causing her severe health problems including breathing difficulties, facial swelling, and neurological complications.

Community groups, clergy members, activists and state lawmakers have called on Governor Gretchen Whitmer to grant Clark medical clemency, while human rights advocates are calling for Women’s Huron Valley to be closed and for its director to quit amidst widespread allegations of unchecked black mold growth, inadequate medical care, and multiple recent inmate deaths.