List of Michigan state prisons

Detroit House of Corrections in the late 1800s

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 prison building was built in 1926 and used until 2007. It was reorganized into separate prisons in 1988. 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. It eventually closed in December 2004 and all inmates and staff were transferred to the Huron Valley Complex in Ypsilanti. The closure of the facility saved the state an estimated $23 million per year. The Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals was built in Ionia in 1885 and treated prisoners and non-prisoners until 1972. It was renamed the Ionia State Hospital before being the Riverside Correctional Facility until Riverside was closed in 2007. The Marquette Branch Prison was built in 1889 for Upper Peninsula prisoners and the original building is still in use.

## In operation

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As of September 2024, these facilities are open and in operation.[1]

Facility  | Code  | Location  | Notes

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Alger Correctional Facility | LMF  | Munising |
Baraga Correctional Facility | AMF  | Baraga |
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility | IBC  | Ionia | Residential reentry in-reach facility
Carson City Correctional Facility | DRF  | Carson City |
Central Michigan Correctional Facility | STF  | St. Louis | Mid-Michigan Correctional Facility and Pine River Correctional Facility consolidated October 17, 2010 and now called Central Michigan
Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center | RGC  | Jackson |
Chippewa Correctional Facility | URF  | Kincheloe |
Cooper Street Correctional Facility | JCS  | Jackson | Residential reentry in-reach facility
Detroit Detention Center | DDC  | Detroit | Central lockup for Detroit
Detroit Reentry Center | DRC  | Detroit | Residential reentry in-reach facility, formerly Ryan Correctional Facility
Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility | LRF  | Muskegon Heights |
G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility | JCF  | Jackson |
Gus Harrison Correctional Facility | ARF  | Adrian |
Ionia Correctional Facility | ICF  | Ionia |
Kinross Correctional Facility | KCF  | Kincheloe | Originally known as Hiawatha Correctional Facility (HTF). Closed on August 8, 2009.[2] Reopened and renamed in October 2015 after closure of original Kinross Correctional Facility.[3]
Lakeland Correctional Facility | LCF  | Coldwater |
Macomb Correctional Facility | MRF  | New Haven | Residential reentry in-reach facility
Marquette Branch Prison | MBP  | Marquette |
Muskegon Correctional Facility | MCF  | Muskegon | Closed in 2009[2] and reopened October 2012
Newberry Correctional Facility | NCF  | Newberry |
Oaks Correctional Facility | ECF  | Eastlake |
Parnall Correctional Facility | SMT  | Jackson | Residential reentry in-reach facility
Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility | MTU  | Ionia |
Saginaw Correctional Facility | SRF  | Freeland | Residential reentry in-reach facility
Special Alternative Incarceration Facility | SAI  | Chelsea | Residential reentry in-reach facility
St. Louis Correctional Facility | SLF  | St. Louis |
Thumb Correctional Facility | TCF  | Lapeer |
Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility | WHV  | Ypsilanti | Facility for females
Woodland Center Correctional Facility | WCC  | Whitmore Lake | Mental health facility

## Closed

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As of January 2014, these facilities are currently closed, or have been consolidated into other facilities.

### Prisons

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Facility  | Code  | Location  | Status  | Date closed  | Notes

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Boyer Road Correctional Facility | OTF  | Carson City | Consolidated with Carson City Correctional Facility | 2009 August 9  | [1]
Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center Annex  | RGC  | Jackson |  | 2007 November 2  |
Detroit House of Corrections |  | Wayne County | Closed. Converted to female facility, name changed to Western Wayne Correctional Facility, closed for good in 2004.  | 1986  | Initially opened in 1861
Deerfield Correctional Facility  | ITF  | Ionia | Closed  | 2009 March 21  |
Florence Crane Correctional Facility | ACF  | Coldwater | Closed  | 2011 June 1  | [1]
Huron Valley Center  | HVC  | Ypsilanti | Closed  | 2004 December  | Psychiatric hospital
Huron Valley Men's Complex | HVM  | Ypsilanti | Closed to allow Robert Scott Correctional Facility to be consolidated with Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility | 2009  |
Mid-Michigan Correctional Facility |  | St. Louis | Consolidated with Pine River Correctional Facility and now called Central Michigan Correctional Facility | 2010 October 17  | [1]
Michigan State Prison |  | Jackson | Split into multiple units  | 1988  | Built 1842
Michigan Youth Correctional Facility  | YCF  | Baldwin | Closed  | 2005 October 1  |
Mound Correctional Facility | NRF  | Detroit | Closed - now the Detroit Detention Center | 2012 January 8  | [1][4]
Ojibway Correctional Facility | OCF  | Marenisco | Closed  | 2018 December 1
Parr Highway Correctional Facility | ATF  | Adrian | Consolidated with Gus Harrison Correctional Facility | 2009 August 9  | [1]
Pine River Correctional Facility |  | St. Louis | Consolidated with Mid-Michigan Correctional Facility and now called Central Michigan Correctional Facility | 2010 October 17  | [1]
Riverside Correctional Facility  | RCF  | Ionia | Closed  | 2007 November 3  | Mental health facility
Robert Scott Correctional Facility | SCF  | Plymouth | Closed  | 2009 May  | Facility for females
Southern Michigan Correctional Facility  | JMF  | Jackson | Closed  | 2007 November 17  |
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility | SMF  | Standish | Closed  | 2009 October 31  | [2]
State Prison of Southern Michigan | SMI  | Jackson County | Closed  | 2002 January 4  | Formerly Michigan State Prison
Straits Correctional Facility | KTF  | Kincheloe | Consolidated with Chippewa Correctional Facility | 2009 August 9  | [1]
Western Wayne Correctional Facility | WCF  | Plymouth | Closed  | 2004 December 20  | Facility for females[5]

West Shoreline Correctional Facility closed on March 24, 2018

### Minimum security prison camps

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The minimum security prison camp program was ended in 2009 with the closures of Camp Cusino, Camp Kitwen, Camp Lehman, Camp Ottawa, and Camp White Lake.[2]

Facility  | Code  | Location  | Status  | Date closed  | Notes

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Camp Branch  | CDW  | Coldwater | Closed  | 2009 February 21  |
Camp Brighton  | CBI  | Pinckney | Closed  | 2007 March 24  | Facility for females
Camp Cassidy Lake |  | Chelsea | Consolidated with Special Alternative Incarceration Facility |  | Residential reentry in-reach facility
Camp Cusino | CCU  | Shingleton | Closed  | 2009 July 26  | [2]
Camp Kitwen  | CKT  | Painesdale | Closed  | 2009 July 26  | [2]
Camp Koehler | CKO  | Kincheloe | Closed  | 2005 June 19  |
Camp Lehman | CLE  | Grayling | Closed  | 2009 October 31  | [2]
Camp Manistique  | CMQ  | Manistique | Closed  | 2007 October 20  |
Camp Ottawa  | COT  | Iron River | Closed  | 2009 July 26  | [2]
Camp Pellston  | CPL  | Emmet County | Closed  | 2001 December 31  |
Camp Sauble  | CSA  | Free Soil | Closed  | 2005 May 8  |
Camp Tuscola  | CTU  | Caro | Closed  | 2005 June 2  | Now a residential reentry in-reach center
Camp Valley  | CVH  | Ypsilanti | Closed  | 2009 February 2  | Facility for females
Camp Waterloo  |  | Waterloo State Recreation Area | Closed  | 2001 February 2  | Facility for females; former CCC camp, WWII German POW camp
Camp White Lake  | CWL  | White Lake Township | Closed  | 2009 September 19  | Facility for females[2]

## See also

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* Michigan Department of Corrections
* W.J. Maxey Boys Training School, for delinquent male youths, 12 to 21 years of age

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Prison Directory". Michigan hamburger and hotdog of Corrections. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "F.Y.I. - Volume 21, Issue 12 - Special Edition" (PDF). Michigan Department of Corrections. June 5, 2009. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
3. ^ Egan, Paul (October 7, 2015). "State moving 1,600 prisoners out of Kinross in U.P." Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
4. ^ Damron, Gina (August 1, 2013). "New detention center opening in Detroit as part of city-state collaboration". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
5. ^ "Western Wayne Correctional Facility closes its doors". Michigan Department of Corrections. 2005-01-06. Retrieved 2015-01-10.

## External links

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* Michigan Department of Corrections