United States · MI
Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center
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Background
The Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center (RGC) is a state prison for men located in Blackman Charter Township, Jackson County, Michigan, owned and operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections. The facility has a Jackson postal address. RGC houses a maximum of 1382 inmates at a mix of security levels, for the assessment, screening, and classification of all male state prisoners. RGC is adjacent to portions 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.
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Capacity
1,382
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1988
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 31 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1988
Region
MI
Security level
mixed
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
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
48%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Michigan — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446460)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/charles-egeler-reception-and-guidance-center
"Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/charles-egeler-reception-and-guidance-center.
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