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Camp Pugsley Correctional Facility
Pugsley Correctional Facility (MPF) is a Michigan minimum security prison operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections Correctional Facilities Administration (CFA), located between Kingsley, Michigan and Fife Lake southeast of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County. Pugsley Correctional Facility sits on ; within that area, are enclosed by two fences to create a secure perimeter that houses 1,342 adult male prisoners. The facility has minimum security prisoner public works and gate pass assignments. A security vehicle patrols the property manned by an armed Corrections Officer twenty-four hours per day. In May 2016, Michigan Department of Corrections announced Pugsley would close in September of the same year as a result of declining prison population within the state. History Pugsley Correctional Facility was named after Earl C. Pugsley, (1885–1976) of Hart, Michigan in Oceana County. He was a Republican; an Attorney; a Circuit Court Judge in the Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fife Lake Township, Michigan
Fife Lake Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,526, a slight increase from 1,517 at the 2000 census. The township forms the southeastern corner of Grand Traverse County. The township contains the village of Fife Lake, which lies upon the lake of the same name. Communities * Fife Lake is a village within the township at the junction of U.S. Route 131 and M-186. *Hodge, a ghost town () *Holmes, a ghost town () *McManus Corner, a ghost town () * Walton is an unincorporated community in the township near the junction of US 131 and M-113 at . Walton Junction is a place just north of the community, named for the junction of two railroad lines, and is now at the junction of US 131 and M-113. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (4.34%) is water. Adjacent townships * Union Township, Grand Traverse Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |