The Parnall Correctional Facility is a state prison for men located in
Jackson
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Jackson County, Michigan, owned and operated by 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 ...
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The facility's buildings were first opened in 1926. Present-day Parnall is one portion of the former
Michigan State Prison, described as the largest walled prison in the world as late as 1981, when it was rocked by extensive, damaging riots.
The prison was divided in 1988 into smaller institutions. As of 2016, Parnell and three other components remain open:
* the
G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, an educational facility
* the
Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, an intake and processing facility for all male state prisoners
* the
Cooper Street Correctional Facility, a discharge and processing facility
References
{{State prisons in Michigan
Prisons in Michigan
Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Michigan
1926 establishments in Michigan