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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 ...
Under the administrative control of the Cooper Street Correctional Facility, the Special Alternative Incarceration program (SAI) began in 1988 as an alternative to prison for male probationers convicted of certain crimes and selected by courts. In 1992 the program was expanded to include both male and female prisoners and probationers.
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 Special Alternative Incarceration program, together composing approximately 41,000 prisoners. Another 71,000 probationers and parolees are under its supervision.
With prisons becoming overcrowded, there is more political focus on depopulating prisons. In 2016, approximately 600,000 individuals were released from prison and millions were in and out of county jail systems. [9] The abrupt re-entrance into society means formerly incarcerated individuals require support to reintegrate.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan (FCI Milan) is a U.S. federal prison in Michigan, with most of the prison in York Township, [1] and a portion in Milan. [2] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. This prison is a low-security facility for male inmates. Its adjacent Federal Detention Center houses pretrial and holdover ...
The prison was opened in 1993 and has eleven major and two minor buildings, totaling approximately 300,000 square feet (28,000 m 2), on 100 acres (40 ha) with a capacity of 1416 prisoners. [1] It has seven housing units currently used for Michigan Department of Corrections male prisoners 18 years of age and older.
The prison was opened in 1990 [1] and was previously known as the Mid-Michigan Correctional Facility and Pine River Correctional Facility until they were consolidated on October 17, 2010. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Facility
The vocational education program includes food service and electronics - as well as the prison's laundry and notebook bindery facilities. [2] On February 12, 2011, the prison began participating in the Shakespeare Behind Bars program. The program is intended to provides inmates an opportunity to be involved in a theatrical and creative process. [4]