Ex-Detroit mayor locked up with convicted killer

JACKSON, Mich. – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is sharing a prison cell with a convicted killer.

Prisons spokesman Russ Marlan won't reveal the inmate's name but says he has served 10 years of a minimum 23-year sentence for second-degree murder.

Kilpatrick is locked up for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case. He was transferred Wednesday to a state prison in Jackson County from a federal prison so he can start the parole process. In a separate matter, the former mayor is awaiting trial on a variety of federal corruption charges.

Now that Kilpatrick is back in state custody, Marlan says the Corrections Department will investigate an allegation that he touched his wife's breast during a prison visit last year. It could be considered misconduct. Officials plan to look at video.