State Charged With Sending A Problematic Prisoner To The U.P. To Get Rid Of Him

The Michigan Department of Corrections is charged with sending a problematic prisoner to an Upper Peninsula prison to get rid of him.

52-year-old Kevin King had been helping other prisoners with legal complaints against the system.

King had been personally awarded nearly $1,500 for violation of his First Amendment rights.

The convicted killer was then transferred from his Muskegon prison to a U.P. prison with a higher security classification for nine months.

An appeals court has ordered a federal judge to revisit the case which could lead to further punitive damages against the state for the treatment of King.