Muskegon Correctional Facility (MCF) is a prison of 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 ...

Muskegon, Michigan Muskegon ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States. Situated around a harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon is known for fishing, sailing regattas, and boating. It is the most populous city along Lake Michigan' ...

. It opened in 1974. Additional housing units opened since then to accommodate more prisoners. In 2010 the state of Michigan shut the prison down for two weeks to prepare for an arrival of prisoners from

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

. Pennsylvania had a contract with Michigan to house state prisoners in MCF, in order to alleviate overcrowding in the

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) is the Pennsylvania state agency that is responsible for the confinement, care, and rehabilitation of approximately 37,000 inmates at state correctional facilities funded by the Commonwealth of ...

. Over 1,100 Pennsylvania prisoners were housed at MCF. The John S. Hausman of the ''

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'' said that the Pennsylvania contract was expected to be about four or five years long.Hausman, John S.
Muskegon Correctional Facility ends operations as last Pennsylvania prisoners ride out
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''. Wednesday May 25, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2011. After the opening of additional state prisons in Pennsylvania was imminent, Pennsylvania withdrew its prisoners from MCF in 2011. Beginning in late April 2011, one group of about 240 prisoners was moved out of MCF each week. Wednesday, May 25, 2011, was the final day of operations, and the final "ride-out" of 239 Pennsylvania prisoners occurred on that day. After the 2011 shutdown, 200 job positions ended. Most employees of MCF accepted vacant positions in the prison system or took jobs that were held by other prison system employees with less seniority. The facility reopened in October 2012.

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* {{State prisons in Michigan Prisons in Michigan 1974 establishments in Michigan Buildings and structures in Muskegon, Michigan

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