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Re: Please read. Does anyone know any one in the michigan prison system.

dameculotte — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:46:02 GMT

No this bill has not come to pass. In the 1970's Legislation abolished this law! They need to bring it back, if they did our prison systems wouldnt be so over-populated. They need to recognize all the achievements and accreditations inmates have received while being incarcerated and apply those merits. You can go to www.congress.org and you will find all the bills that have been passed and what people want voted in. Also, I found an awesome petition that viewers need to read and show their support, here it is:

<a href="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/clemency-petition-for-donald-j-kowalski.html">Online petition - Requesting Clemency Petition for Donald J. Kowalski</a>

After visitation at Lakeland, Michigan

Becca — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:44:54 GMT

Hi all,

I always go up to Lakeland on the first weekend of the month. I stay over both Friday and Saturday nights. I would love to meet girls for dinner...or even a drink.

Misery loves Company, right!

Let me know if you want company too

West Shoreline Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:40:59 GMT

Warden Mary Berghuis
2500 S. Sheridan Drive
Muskegon Heights, MI 49444

TELEPHONE: (231) 773-9200
OPENED: 1987
AGE LIMIT: Males, all ages
SECURITY LEVEL: Secure Level I

General

The West Shoreline Correctional Facility is one of three in a complex of facilities for male offenders. As part of a complex, it shares some operations with the other facilities.

There are eight separate housing units contained in four buildings. Each unit has 120 beds. The remaining buildings are used for administration, health services, school, library, maintenance, storage and mail office. The West Shoreline Correctional Facility and the Brooks Correctional Facility were the first two prisons to share services. Positions shared with Brooks are warden and warden's staff, business manager, personnel officer, training staff, school principal, mail room staff, physical plant superintendent and warehouse manager.

During 1991, the prison was converted from a Level II facility to a Secure Level I facility.

Programming

Academic programs consist of Adult Basic Education and General Education Development completion.

Vocational programs are available in office occupations and custodial maintenance.

Other programs include sex-offender treatment, substance-abuse treatment and religious services.

Prisoners are provided with on-site routine medical and dental care. Serious problems are treated at the department's Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson, and emergencies can be referred to a local hospital.

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Thumb Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:37:58 GMT

Warden Millicent Warren
3225 John Conley Drive
Lapeer, MI 48446

TELEPHONE: (810) 667-2045
OPENED: 1987
AGE LIMIT: Males,all ages
SECURITY LEVEL: II

General

The Thumb Correctional Facility has six Level II housing units including day showers, laundry facilities and staff offices. Four housing units are for adult offenders and two housing units are for youthful offenders. The segregation unit is equipped with stainless steel sinks and toilets, and slotted doors for feeding.

Other buildings include the prison services building, which has academic and vocational classrooms, libraries, a barber shop, a food service building for prisoner and staff dining, health care area, warehouse and maintenance areas. There is an administrative building for staff offices, records, visiting, staff training, hearings and the institution's control center. Michigan State Industries has a building where it provides industrial laundry services for state and other nonprofit agencies.

Programming

Prisoners can involve themselves in academic, vocational and religious programming. Prisoner work programs include the prison's laundry. Treatment programs include substance-abuse counseling, group therapy, clubs and organizations.

Prisoners are provided on-site medical and dental care; serious and emergency care is provided by the department's Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson.

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Straits Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:35:16 GMT

Warden Jeri-Ann Sherry
4387 W. M-80
Kincheloe, MI 49785

TELEPHONE: (906) 495-5674
OPENED: 1988
AGE LIMIT: Males, all ages
SECURITY LEVEL: II

General

The Straits Correctional Facility consists of eight separate housing units contained in four buildings. Each unit houses 120 prisoners for a total of 960. The facility includes an administration building, food service unit, a program/school building and a Michigan State Industries laundry and garment factory employing prisoners from the facility.

Programming

Programs include academic and vocational instruction, work assignments, general and law library services, group counseling, substance abuse treatment, hobby craft, recreational and religious programs.

Prisoners are provided with on-site routine medical, dental and mental health care. Serious problems are treated at the department's Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson and emergencies are referred to a local hospital.

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Standish Maximum Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:32:14 GMT

Warden Thomas Birkett
4713 West M-61
Standish, MI 48658

TELEPHONE: (989) 846-7000
OPENED: 1990
AGE LIMIT: Males, all ages
SECURITY LEVEL: V

General

Standish Maximum Correctional Facility is comprised of six 88-bed housing units. Three units are for general population; two are for administrative segregation, including detention cells; and one is a protective custody unit. Other buildings on the grounds provide food service, health care, maintenance, programming, and administrative functions. Standish's mission is to safely house difficult, hard to manage prisoners and work to transition them to lower custody level facilities.

Programming

Academic programs include Adult Basic Education, General Education Development (GED) completion and Special Education. In-cell study programs are available to prisoners who are not allowed to leave their cells for security reasons. Treatment services include counseling, substance abuse services, Assaultive Offenders psychotherapy and religious services. Many program resources are expanded through participation by community volunteers (local clergy and lay people), which allows more prisoners to participate in the programs. Standish also has on-site legal and general libraries that are available to prisoners.

Prisoners are provided with excellent on-site routine medical and dental care. Serious emergency cases are treated at the Standish Community Hospital and the Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson.

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St. Louis Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:30:20 GMT

TELEPHONE: (989) 681-6444
OPENED: 1999
AGE LIMIT: Males, 17 and older
SECURITY LEVELS: III and IV

Warden Blaine Lafler
8585 N. Croswell Road
St. Louis, MI 48880

General

This multi-level correctional facility houses prisoners classified as Level III (medium security) and Level IV (close custody). The prison is sited on 67 acres of land in the northeast section of St. Louis, in Gratiot County. It consists of separate buildings for administration, food services, education, maintenance, storage and prisoner housing. There are seven separate housing units. Each unit houses up to 192 prisoners in a double-bunked individual cell setting.

Programming

Pre-release preparation, psychological counseling, Strategies for Thinking Productively (STP is a cognitive restructuring program), Cage Your Rage and substance-abuse treatment are offered. An academic and vocational program offers Adult Basic Education, General Education Development opportunities and Custodial Maintenance Technology. Other programs and services include general and law library, hobbycraft, religious services, recreation programs, and a barbershop.

Prisoners are provided with on-site routine medical, including x-ray, and dental care. Telemedicine is available and there is a mini-clinic in each housing unit. Serious problems are treated at the department's Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson, and emergencies can be referred to the local hospital.

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Southern Michigan Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:28:20 GMT

TELEPHONE: (517) 780-6100
OPENED: 1997
AGE LIMIT: Males, 21 and older
SECURITY LEVELS: II and IV

General

The Southern Michigan Correctional Facility opened in 1997, after renovations were made to the former State Prison of Southern Michigan, once the largest walled prison in the world. Areas of the facility include housing, recreation, medical, school, library, quartermaster, food service, special activities and administration.

Southern Michigan Correctional Facility houses Level II and IV prisoners who have specific needs: medical, area court hearing(s), scheduled parole/discharge in the near future, educational/vocational, single cell or Administrative Segregation.

The facility is an active member of the Department's Community Liaison Committee in the Jackson County area and maintains open lines of communication between the community and prison administration.

Programming

The education/vocational programs provide opportunities for prisoners to improve their knowledge and skills, while special activities provide productive and diverse opportunities.

Educational/vocational programs include Adult Basic Education, General Education Development, Pre-Release, Social Skills, Visual Graphic Arts, Business Education Technology and an Optical program. Special activities are comprised of group psychotherapy (impulse control, anger management and sex offender therapy), substance abuse counseling and Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous.

Prisoners are employed in a variety of assignments, including food service, maintenance, grounds keeper and Michigan State Industries (MSI). MSI is a factory inside the secure perimeter of the facility and has three divisions. The Optical division grinds lenses which provide eyeglasses for prisoners throughout the state. The Print Shop division produces paper forms used by all State of Michigan agencies and the Textiles division, using weaving and sewing machinery, produces clothing items and bedding material for all Department of Corrections facilities.

The facility also provides a variety of religious programs for prisoners

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Robert Scott Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:25:10 GMT

ELEPHONE: (734) 459-7400
OPENED: 1991
AGE LIMIT: Females of all ages
SECURITY LEVELS: I, II, IV, V and Reception Center

General

The Robert Scott Correctional Facility serves as the reception center for all newly-committed female prisoners. It is located on 35 acres in western Wayne County. Housing consists of five double-winged and one single-winged units, day room areas, laundry rooms and staff offices.

One building complex contains areas for food preparation, prisoner and staff dining, and health care; another, a warehouse and maintenance. The administration building comprises executive offices, a records section, visiting rooms, non-contact visiting rooms, staff training rooms and the facility's control center.

Programming

Adult Basic Education, General Education Development certification, Special Education, and vocational classes, are offered.

Prisoners employed by Michigan State Industries manufacture janitorial products, plastic bags and dentures. The Prisoner Services Building houses classrooms, a gymnasium, library, vocational lab, beauty shop, quartermaster, and prisoner store.

There are outpatient and residential treatment programs for mentally ill prisoners, substance-abuse programming, parenting programs, special programs for pregnant prisoners and domestic violence programs.

Routine medical and dental care are provided on site. Serious medical problems are treated at the Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson or at a local hospital.

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Saginaw Correctional Facility

arhunt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:23:18 GMT

TELEPHONE: (989) 695-9880
OPENED: 1993
AGE LIMIT: Males, all ages
SECURITY LEVELS: I, II and IV

General

The 43-acre facility in Tittabawassee Township, Saginaw County, was built on a 142-acre site and is comprised of 11 buildings totaling about 225,590 square feet. The facility includes three Level II buildings, two Level IV buildings, and one Level I building along with buildings for education, programs, administration, food service, health care and maintenance.

Programming

Academic programming includes special education, General Education Development completion, Adult Basic Education and vocational education, as well as life-role competency programs. Religious and library (law and general) services are provided by institution staff and community volunteers.

Routine medical care is provided on site. Major emergencies are treated at a local hospital or at the Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson.

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