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St. Louis Correctional Facility
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St. Louis Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Gratiot County, Michigan. Rated capacity: 1,176. Reported population: 1,133. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
St. Louis Correctional Facility (SLF) is a prison located in Saint Louis, Michigan. The facility is operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections.
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Capacity
1,176
Current population
1,133
Occupancy
96%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Michigan
Security level
Close
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
The St. Louis Correctional Facility houses inmates in maximum security segregation, characterized by 23 hours of daily lockdown and only one hour of recreation. This restrictive environment is described as involving 'craziness' and is associated with high-security levels.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
The facility has been the subject of reports regarding violence, including a prisoner serving a sentence for second-degree murder. Inmates in segregation face severe isolation with minimal outdoor time.
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Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project11 Mar 2021
is the hardest time to do. I've been in the box at Baraga Correctional Facility, a Level V maximum security prison, for 10 months. I started my sentence here, but I had made it to St. Louis Correctional Facility, which is one security level lower. A fight with another inmate sent me back here. Back to one hour of recreation and 23 hours of lockdown per day. Back to the craziness. Max segregation
- marshall-project16 Nov 2017
ce, so they pay no attention to the officials’ requests, nor to the young boy, Marcus, being hauled out like a stillborn out of a woman. Demetrius Buckley, 32, is incarcerated at St. Louis Correctional Facility in St. Louis, Michigan, where he is serving 18 to 30 years for 2nd-degree murder and two years for a weapons charge. In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of
Data completeness
84%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Michigan — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q20739782)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). St. Louis Correctional Facility. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/st-louis-correctional-facility
"St. Louis Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/st-louis-correctional-facility.
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