Alger Correctional Facility (LMF) is a
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...
for adult men, operated by the
Michigan Department of Corrections
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 appr ...
. It is located in the central
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula of ...
in
Alger County, on the south side of
Munising.
Facility
The prison was opened in 1990 and has six housing units currently used for Michigan Department of Corrections male prisoners 18 years of age and older. Four of the housing units are used by the general prison population, and two are used for segregating inmates from the general prison population. Onsite facilities provide for
foodservice
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,
health care
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, facility maintenance, storage, and prison administration.
In August 2018, in conjunction with prison strikes elsewhere in the country, prisoners within the correctional facility began a boycott against the company Globaltel. The prisoners cited abuse of private funds and exploitation as their reasons for boycotting the prison's largest communications partner.
Security
The facility is surrounded by double fences with razor-ribbon wire and gun towers. Electronic detection systems and patrol vehicles are also utilized to maintain perimeter security.
Until June 2009, the facility housed maximum security prisoners, but was refitted to house lower security Level IV prisoners following the closing of
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility.
Services
The facility offers
libraries
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,
barber
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ing, education programs,
substance-abuse treatment,
psychotherapy
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, and religious services. Onsite medical and dental care is supplemented by local community providers, the Brooks Medical Center at
Marquette Branch Prison and the
Duane L. Waters Hospital in
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson is a city in Jackson County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 31,309 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along Interstate 94 in Michigan, Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127 in Michigan, U.S ...
.
See also
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List of Michigan state prisons
This is a list of current and former List of U.S. state prisons, state prisons and minimum security prison camps in Michigan. It does not include List of U.S. federal prisons, federal prisons or county jails located in that U.S. state, State. All ...
References
External links
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Michigan Department of Corrections
{{State prisons in Michigan
Prisons in Michigan
Buildings and structures in Alger County, Michigan
1990 establishments in Michigan