United States · Jackson
G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility
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Background
The G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility is a state prison for men located in Blackman Charter Township, Jackson County, Michigan, owned and operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections. It has a Jackson postal address. This facility dates from 1985. Cotton, which is an inmate educational facility, 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.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1985
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Michigan Department of Corrections
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1985
Region
Jackson
Security level
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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
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Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
30%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
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