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Detroit Police Department, Michigan Department of Corrections 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 .
The prison was opened in December 2001 and is a multi-level facility used for Michigan Department of Corrections male prisoners 18 years of age and older. On-site facilities provide for food service, health care, facility maintenance, storage, and prison administration. [1]
The prison was opened in 1991 and is named after the Michigan Department of Corrections's first director, Gus Harrison. [1]On August 9, 2009, Parr Highway Correctional Facility was consolidated into Gus Harrison Correctional Facility.
The facility is surrounded by three 12 feet (3.7 m) chain link fences with razor-ribbon wire. Electronic detection systems and patrol vehicles are also utilized to maintain perimeter security. Two gun towers were added in 1997. [2] In 2019, press reports indicated the towers are manned only intermittently. [3]
A 120-bed unit houses Level I (low security) prisoners. Three units, with 720 beds total, house Level II prisoners. Two units, with 384 beds total, house Level IV prisoners. There is also one housing unit with 22 beds used for segregating inmates from the general prison population.
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 ...
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The facility offers libraries, barbering, handicrafts, education programs, substance-abuse treatment, psychotherapy, and religious services to the inmates. Onsite medical and dental care, provided by mini-clinics in each housing unit, is supplemented by local hospitals and the Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson, Michigan. [1]