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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 ...
This facility dates from 1985. Cotton, which is an inmate educational facility, is one portion of the former Michigan State Prison, described as the largest walled prison in the world as late as 1981, when it was rocked by extensive, damaging riots. [2] The prison was divided in 1988 into smaller institutions.
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.
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 Center Square) – Starting Tuesday, all eggs sold in Michigan must be cage-free. This legislation, which was first passed in 2019, will likely lead to an increased cost for consumers. Though ...
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 ...
Muskegon Correctional Facility (MCF) is a prison of the Michigan Department of Corrections in Muskegon, Michigan. It opened in 1974. Additional housing units opened since then to accommodate more prisoners. [1] In 2010 the state of Michigan shut the prison down for two weeks to prepare for an arrival of prisoners from Pennsylvania.