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This is a list of current and former state prisons and minimum security prison camps in Michigan. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in that State. All facilities not otherwise indicated are facilities for men. Michigan State Prison (also called the Jackson Prison) was the first state prison, built in 1842. A larger ...
Michigan State Prison or Jackson State Prison, which opened in 1839, was the first prison in Michigan. After 150 years, the prison was divided, starting in 1988, into four distinct prisons, still in Jackson: the Parnall Correctional Facility which is a minimum-security prison; [2] the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility where prisoners can finish their general education; [3] the Charles ...
At 113 acres (46 ha) it was the largest fenced area of any state prison in Michigan. [ 4 ] The original facility was closed in October 2015, having gained the ability to house almost 1,600 inmates.
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility (SMF) was a Michigan Department of Corrections maximum security prison in Standish, Michigan. The men's prison was on the south side of M-61. It was once considered as a potential site for housing detainees to be relocated from the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. [1] The facility was in operation for over ...
The facility opened in 1989. On August 9, 2009, the Straits Correctional Facility was closed and consolidated into the Chippewa Correctional Facility. [1]In August 2006, a small twin-engine plane crashed near the prison, hitting a fence approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) outside the facility's secure perimeter.
The prison was opened in 1993 and has eleven main buildings totaling approximately 303,850 square feet (28,229 m 2) and occupying 43 acres (17 ha) [1] of the 142 acres (57 ha) site. The facility has seven housing units used for Michigan Department of Corrections male prisoners 18 years of age and older. Three of the housing units are used for ...
The prison was opened in 1999 and has seven housing units, occupying 67 acres (27 ha), used for Michigan Department of Corrections male prisoners 18 years of age and older. Six of the housing units are used by the general prison population, one of which is an Adaptive Skills Residential Program (ASRP) Unit.
The prison is located in eastern Detroit, Michigan, [1] adjacent to the Krainz Woods community. [3] It is on a 39-acre (16 ha) plot of land located off of Ryan Road, [1] on the western side of a 78-acre (32 ha) area that also houses the Detroit Detention Center. The Reentry Center and Mound share maintenance and warehouse functions. [8]