North Lake Processing Center

Some immigrants detained inside Michigan detention centers have been held for over six months. For some, it’s been closer to a year. Mental health experts say that takes a toll.

In Michigan, immigrants being held inside detention centers often have no idea of when their cases will be resolved. Dozens have been held for over six months and for some it’s been closer to a year. Mental health experts say the uncertainty coupled with the prolonged isolation can take a psychological toll, with the effects often growing more severe the longer a person is detained.

A former detainee says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center and that her attempts to alert administrators initially went unheeded.

"This is probably one of the very most important things I've ever done in my life," says Julie Cordier.

Julie Cordier keeps a binder filled with notes on each person’s name, some details about them, and how often she’s seen them. She guesses she's visited between 15 and 20 detainees at the North Lake Processing Center.

Christian clergy in northern Michigan and around the state are holding a 'solidarity fast' with a Traverse City man detained by ICE and on hunger strike at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin.

The state of Michigan says the clerk, Victoria Bishop, has been over zealous in her actions on a database of registered voters. And we hear about a brief hunger strike at North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin.

Detainees at North Lake Processing Facility, the 1,800-bed immigration detention center in Baldwin, started a hunger strike Monday. By Wednesday morning, there were reports that many had stopped.

After their father was detained at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, two sisters from Grand Rapids committed to helping other detainees.

Listen in on emergency calls coming out of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin. Also, a holdup in Lansing threatened the medical licenses of thousands of Michigan doctors.