Alger Correctional Facility (LMF) is a
Michigan prison for adult men, operated by the
Michigan Department of Corrections. It is located in the central
Upper Peninsula of Michigan in
Alger County
Alger County ( ) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,842. Its county seat is Munising. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located within the county.
History
Alger ...
, on the south side of
Munising
Munising ( ') is a city in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,355 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Alger County. The city is partially surrounded by Munising Township, but the two are administered aut ...
.
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,
health care
Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...
, 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,
barbering, education programs,
substance-abuse treatment,
psychotherapy
Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome pro ...
, 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
The Duane Leonard Waters Hospital (DWH) is a 112 inpatient bed hospital located within the Michigan State Prison in Jackson, Michigan and used for prison inmates and workers. The facility is owned and operated by the Michigan Department of Cor ...
in
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson is the only city and county seat of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534, down from 36,316 at the 2000 census. Located along Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127, it is approxi ...
.
See also
*
List of Michigan state prisons
References
External links
*
Michigan Department of Corrections
{{State prisons in Michigan
Prisons in Michigan
Buildings and structures in Alger County, Michigan
1990 establishments in Michigan