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Michigan correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Alcona Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Alger Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Alger Correctional Facility 873 State N6141 Industrial Park Drive Munising 49862 Alger 6/30/2012
Allegan Co. Jail 174 Local 12/31/2013
Alpena Co. Jail 47 Local 12/31/2013
Andrew C. Baird Detention Facility 2,258 Local 12/31/2013
Antrim Co. Jail 43 Local 12/31/2013
Arenac Co. Jail 47 Local 12/31/2013
Baraga Correctional Facility 856 State 13924 Wadaga Road Baraga 49908 Baraga 6/30/2012
Barry Co. Jail 104 Local 12/31/2013
Bay Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 229 Local 12/31/2013
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility 1,854 State 1727 West Bluewater Highway Ionia 48846 Ionia 6/30/2012
Benzie Co. Jail 39 Local 12/31/2013
Berrien Co. Jail 355 Local 12/31/2013
Branch Co. Jail 134 Local 12/31/2013
Calhoun Co. Jail 521 Local 12/31/2013
Carson City Correctional Facility 2,506 State 10274 Boyer Road Carson City 48811 6/30/2012
Cass Co. Jail 122 Local 12/31/2013
Central Michigan Correctional Facility 2,543 State 320 North Hubbard St. Louis 48880 6/30/2012
Chanter Rd. Corr. Facility 215 Local 12/31/2013
Charles Egeler Reception & Guidance Center 1,424 State 3855 Cooper Street Jackson 49201 Jackson 6/30/2012
Charlevoix Co. Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Cheboygan Co. Jail 77 Local 12/31/2013
Chippewa Co. Jail 126 Local 12/31/2013
Chippewa Correctional Facility 2,319 State 4269 West M-80 Kincheloe 49784 6/30/2012
Clare Co. Jail 178 Local 12/31/2013
Clinton Co. Jail 210 Local 12/31/2013
Community Alternatives Program - Cherry Street Health Svcs 27 Private 801 College, Se Grand Rapids 49507 Kent 6/30/2012
Community Treatment Center- East 105 Private 11105 East Jefferson Ave Detroit 48214 Wayne 6/30/2012
Cooper Street Correctional Facility 1,740 State 3100 Cooper Street Jackson 49201 Jackson 6/30/2012
Crawford Co. Jail 38 Local 12/31/2013
Ctc West 48 Private 15380 Monica Street Detroit 48238 Wayne 6/30/2012
Dickinson Co. Jail 76 Local 12/31/2013
Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility 1,228 State 2500 South Sheridan Drive Muskegon Heights 49444 Muskegon 6/30/2012
East Annex 354 Local 12/31/2013
Eaton Co. Jail 240 Local 12/31/2013
Emmet Co. Jail 83 Local 12/31/2013
Flat Rock Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility 1,937 State 3500 North Elm Road Jackson 49201 Jackson 6/30/2012
Genesis Residential Reentry Center 42 Private 3875 Lillibridge Detroit 48214 Wayne 6/30/2012
Genessee Co. Jail 556 Local 12/31/2013
Gladwin Co. Jail 79 Local 12/31/2013
Gogebic Co. Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Grand Traverse Co. Jail 164 Local 12/31/2013
Gratiot Co. Correctional Facility 56 Local 12/31/2013
Great Lakes Recovery Center 10 Private 241 Wright Street Marquette 49855 Marquette 6/30/2012
Gus Harrison Correctional Facility 2,328 State 2727 East Beecher Street Adrian 49221 Lenawee 6/30/2012
Heartline, Inc 16 Private 8201 Sylvester Street Detroit 48214 Wayne 6/30/2012
Hillsdale Co. Jail 53 Local 12/31/2013
Houghton Co. Jail 35 Local 12/31/2013
Houghton Co. Work Camp Branch Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Huron Co. Jail 62 Local 12/31/2013
Huron Valley Correctional Facility - Women 1,947 State 3201 Bemis Road Ypsilanti 48197 Washtenaw 6/30/2012
Ingham Co. Jail 606 Local 12/31/2013
Intensive Reentry Program- Males And Females 254 State 3100 Cooper Street Jackson 49201 Jackson 6/30/2012
Ionia Co. Jail 149 Local 12/31/2013
Ionia Correctional Facility 673 State 1576 West Bluewater Highway Ionia 48846 Ionia 6/30/2012
Iosco Co. Jail 67 Local 12/31/2013
Iron Co. Jail 45 Local 12/31/2013
Isabella County Jail 205 Local 12/31/2013
Jackson Co. Jail 188 Local 12/31/2013
Kalamazoo Co. Jail 405 Local 12/31/2013
Kalkaska Co. Corr. Facility 52 Local 12/31/2013
Kent County Correctional Facility & Community Reentry Center 1,119 Local 12/31/2013
Keweenaw Co. Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Kinross Correctional Facility 1,877 State 16770 South Watertower Drive Kincheloe 49788 Chippewa 6/30/2012
Lac Vieux Desert Police Department Adult And Juvenile Holding Fac N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Lake Co. Jail 35 Local 12/31/2013
Lakeland Correctional Facility 1,445 State 141 First Street Coldwater 49036 Branch 6/30/2012
Lapeer Co. Jail 110 Local 12/31/2013
Leelanau Co. Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Lenawee Co. Jail 262 Local 12/31/2013
Livingston Co. Jail 251 Local 12/31/2013
Mackinac Co. Jail 18 Local 12/31/2013
Macomb Correctional Facility 1,355 State 34625 26 Mile Road New Haven 48048 Macomb 6/30/2012
Manistee Co. Jail 50 Local 12/31/2013
Marquette Branch Prison 1,127 State 1960 U.S. Highway 41 South Marquette 49855 Marquette 6/30/2012
Marquette Co. Jail 101 Local 12/31/2013
Mason Co. Jail 71 Local 12/31/2013
Mecosta Co. Jail 81 Local 12/31/2013
Menominee Co. Jail 35 Local 12/31/2013
Michigan Reformatory 1,288 State 1342 West Main Ionia 48846 Ionia 6/30/2012
Midland Co. Jail 265 Local 12/31/2013
Milan FCI 1,585 Federal 4004 East Arkona Road Milan 48160 6/30/2012
Milan FCI 1,459 Federal 4004 East Arkona Road Milan 48160 4/2/2020
Missaukee Co. Jail 32 Local 12/31/2013
Monroe Co. Jail 194 Local 12/31/2013
Monroe County Dormitory 137 Local 12/31/2013
Montcalm Co. Jail 173 Local 12/31/2013
Montmorency Co. Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Muskegon Co. Jail 403 Local 12/31/2013
Newaygo Co. Jail 250 Local 12/31/2013
Newberry Correctional Facility 1,076 State 30001 Newberry Avenue Newberry 49868 Luce 6/30/2012
North Lake CI 1,182 Private 1805 West 32Nd Street Baldwin 49304 Lake 4/2/2020
Oakland County Law Enforcement Complex 1,177 Local 12/31/2013
Oaks Correctional Facility 1,111 State 1500 Caberfae Highway Manistee 49660 Manistee 6/30/2012
Oceana Co. Jail 49 Local 12/31/2013
Ogemaw County Correction Facility 112 Local 12/31/2013
Ojibway Correctional Facility 1,169 State North 5705 Ojibway Road Marenisco 49947 6/30/2012
Ontonagon Co. Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Osceola Co. Jail 69 Local 12/31/2013
Ottawa Co. Jail 338 Local 12/31/2013
Parnall Correctional Facility 1,678 State 1780 East Parnall Jackson 49201 Jackson 6/30/2012
Presque Isle Co. Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Pugsley Correctional Facility 1,326 State 7401 East Walton Road Kingsley 49649 Grand Traverse 6/30/2012
Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility 1,262 State 1728 Bluewater Highway Ionia 48846 Ionia 6/30/2012
Roscommon County Sheriffs office 66 Local 12/31/2013
Ryan Correctional Facility 1,030 State 17600 Ryan Road Detroit 48212 Wayne 6/30/2012
Saginaw Co. Jail 524 Local 12/31/2013
Saginaw Correctional Facility 1,465 State 9625 Pierce Road Freeland 48623 6/30/2012
Sanilac Co. Jail 120 Local 12/31/2013
Sault Ste. Marie Tribal Youth Facility 12 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Schoolcraft Co. Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Shiawassee Co. Jail 137 Local 12/31/2013
Special Alternative Incarceration Facility 175 State 18901 Waterloo Road Chelsea 48118 Washtenaw 6/30/2012
St. Clair County Jail 498 Local 12/31/2013
St. Joseph Co. Jail 155 Local 12/31/2013
St. Louis Correctional Facility 1,143 State 8585 North Croswell Road St. Louis 48880 6/30/2012
Thumb Correctional Facility 871 State 3225 John Conley Drive Lapeer 48446 Lapeer 6/30/2012
Tuscola Co. Jail 75 Local 12/31/2013
Van Buren Co. Jail 150 Local 12/31/2013
Washtenaw Co. Jail 377 Local 12/31/2013
West Shoreline Correctional Facility 1,276 State 2500 South Sheridan Drive Muskegon Heights 49444 Muskegon 6/30/2012
Wexford Co. Jail 41 Local 12/31/2013
Woodland Center Correctional Facility 271 State 9036 East M-36 Whitmore Lake 48189 6/30/2012

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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