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The Detroit House of Corrections, built in 1861, was owned and run by the city of Detroit but originally accepted prisoners from throughout the state including women. The Detroit House of Corrections was transferred to the state in 1986, renamed to Western Wayne Correctional Facility, and became a women's facility for the rest of its tenure.
In April 2012, some Michigan state legislators wanted to close all state juvenile justice facilities in the state, including Maxey. The closings were not part of the Governor's recommended budget, but were added during the House Appropriations Committee review. [4] On October 1, 2015, Maxey was closed at the start of the State's 2016 fiscal year.
Detroit Detention Center (DDC) is a detention center located in eastern Detroit, Michigan. The facility, which operates as a central lockup for Detroit , is staffed by personnel from the Detroit Police Department and the Michigan Department of Corrections .
Winnebago County officials say they are taking steps to improve conditions at the juvenile detention center, but what they really need is more space.
Michigan Department of Corrections Honor Guard at assembly before 27th Annual Candlelight Vigil at National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) oversees prisons and the parole and probation population in the state of Michigan, United States. It has 31 prison facilities, and a ...
Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, Houston, Texas In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC), [1] juvenile detention, juvenile jail, juvenile hall, observation home or remand home [2] is a prison for people under the age of majority, to which they have been sentenced and committed for a period of time, or detained on a short-term ...
Now the former correction officer finds herself behind bars, according to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Juvenile correction officer fired, arrested for giving inmates contraband, officials ...
Juvenile detention facilities are often overcrowded and understaffed. [16] The most infamous example of this trend is Cheltenham center in Maryland, which at one point crowded 100 boys into cottages sanctioned for a maximum capacity of 24, with only 3–4 adults supervising. Young people in these environments are subject to brutal violence from ...