Michigan Denies Request To Film Kid Rock Video In Women's Prison

LANSING (WWJ/AP) - The Michigan Department of Corrections has denied a production company's request to film a Kid Rock music video inside an Ypsilanti women's prison.

MDOC communications director Chris Gautz said the request was for Kid Rock to perform for 2,000 prisoners at the Huron Valley Correctional Facility.

"We politely informed them that's not something we would be able to accommodate because something like that creates a host of security issues for us," Gautz told The Detroit News.

He said building a concert stage could lead to unaccounted pieces of it being used as weapons.

"We're not a concert venue," Gautz said. "We're a professional organization, and our task is to house and rehabilitate prisoners. Attending a rock concert is not going to do anything to facilitate the rehabilitation process."

Gautz said the Department of Corrections is talking with the Los Angeles-based production company about filming a music video for Kid Rock at a vacant maximum security prison in Standish.

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