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A new house of God will rise someday at the Allred Unit if a group of prison volunteers and pastors have their way. Their vision is for a chapel big enough that no man who wants to worship is turned away. It's a $1 million, 9,000-square-foot dream that can only come to pass through donations.  "The church of Allred is in need of a chapel," said longtime prison volunteer Charles Grady, who is chairman of the James V. Allred Chapel Project Committee. Years ago, demand outgrew a room designated as Allred's "chapel." It seats 40 people. A gym where 180 men are allowed isn't big enough, ei...

CARY ASPINWALL of The Marshall Project and ED WHITE of The Associated Press DETROIT — Families of men incarcerated at Michigan’s Kinross Correctional Facility believed its remote location would spare it from a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. For a while, they seemed to be right. Kinross, built on the grounds of a former Air Force base in the Upper Peninsula, is closer to Canada than it is to Detroit. Unlike most prisons in Michigan, Kinross had remained almost unscathed by the novel coronavirus with only one case between March and October. But on Oct. 28, corrections officials transferred...

Dec 22, 2020 DETROIT (AP) — Families of men incarcerated at Michigan’s Kinross Correctional Facility believed its remote location would spare it from a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. For a while, they seemed to be right. Kinross, built on the grounds of a former Air Force base in the Upper Peninsula, is closer to Canada than it is to Detroit. Unlike most prisons in Michigan, Kinross had remained almost unscathed by the novel coronavirus with only one case between March and October. But on Oct. 28, corrections officials transferred nine prisoners to Kinross from Marquette Branch Prison, sever...

Dec 22, 2020 DETROIT (AP) — Families of men incarcerated at Michigan’s Kinross Correctional Facility believed its remote location would spare it from a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. For a while, they seemed to be right. Kinross, built on the grounds of a former Air Force base in the Upper Peninsula, is closer to Canada than it is to Detroit. Unlike most prisons in Michigan, Kinross had remained almost unscathed by the novel coronavirus with only one case between March and October. But on Oct. 28, corrections officials transferred nine prisoners to Kinross from Marquette Branch Prison, sever...

COVID-19 spikes follow in prisons after inmate transfers by Cary Aspinwall Of The Marshall Project And Ed White Of The Associated Press, The Associated Press Posted Dec 21, 2020 6:07 am EDT Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 6:12 am EDT FILE - In this July 9, 2020, file photo, a correctional officer closes the main gate at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. In prisons around the country, COVID-19 outbreaks have followed transfers of prisoners or prison workers. Families of those who’ve died from the virus in California prisons have directly blamed transfers for the uncontrolled sprea...