YPSILANTI, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A former Michigan corrections officer is facing allegations of sexual abuse on multiple prisoners at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, according to a release from the Attorney General’s office.

Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Lee was arraigned on Oct. 30 before Magistrate Odetalla M. Odetalla in the 14A-2 District Court in Ypsilanti on four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

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“I want to thank both the Michigan Department of Corrections and the Michigan State Police for their swift action in investigating these allegations,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said in the statement. “Everyone deserves protection from sexual abuse, and Michigan has laws in place to keep people safe in our correctional facilities. My office will continue to hold accountable those who seek to use their positions of authority to abuse those under their care.”

In addition, the Attorney General’s Office said the allegations included acts of sexual penetration, which under the current Michigan law, are treated with the same severity as other sexual contact. Nessel said she hopes to update the law to increase the punishment of this behavior.

“Our laws should match the severity of the crime, and this type of alleged sexual misconduct by corrections staff is a serious violation,” Nessel said in the statement. “Updating these statutes will strengthen protections for inmates and ensure that penalties appropriately match the offense.”

Lee will next appear in the 14A-1 District Court on Thursday.