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Central Michigan Correctional Facility

Medium SecurityMediummaleOvercrowded (195%)ModerateHigh
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Central Michigan Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Gratiot County, Michigan. Rated capacity: 2,566. Reported population: 2,542. Security level: Minimum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

Central Michigan Correctional Facility (STF) is a Michigan prison for male Level I prisoners.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

1,302

Current population

2,542

Occupancy

195%

Year opened

1990

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1990

Region

MI

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

An inmate reported being held in isolation after participating in a disturbance, with officers in riot gear present, suggesting potential issues with use of force or segregation conditions.

Contact & address

320 N Hubbard, St. Louis 48880
(989) 681-6668
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

32/100
Moderate concern32/100
Overcrowding
22/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
5/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Severely overcrowded at 195% of capacity
  • · Substantial documented known-issues record
  • · Mass-event keyword in sources (riot / massacre / uprising)

This facility scores 32. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 30 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 195% · peers avg: 93% (+110%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1302 · peers avg: 547 (+138%)

Reports

  • marshall-project27 Jun 2019

    er participating in the “disturbance,” and left there until they decided to relocate me again. No regrets. Mangaaka Ade, also known as Calvin Westerfield, 41, is incarcerated at Central Michigan Correctional Facility, in St. Louis, Michigan, where he is serving a 20-to-60-year sentence for second-degree murder. Details in this essay were corroborated with an official report obtained through a

    source

Data completeness

74%

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-central-michigan-correction,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Central Michigan Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-michigan-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}