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Demolished 2017. Opened. 1861. Closed. December 2004. Managed by. Michigan Department of Corrections. The Detroit House of Correction ( DeHoCo ), opened in 1861, was owned and run by the City of Detroit but originally accepted prisoners from throughout the state including women. This was the first State operated prison for female felons.
The Detroit House of Corrections, built in 1861, was owned and run by the city of Detroit but originally accepted prisoners from throughout the state including women. The Detroit House of Corrections was transferred to the state in 1986, renamed to Western Wayne Correctional Facility, and became a women's facility for the rest of its tenure.
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 approximately 41,000 prisoners. Another 71,000 probationers and parolees are ...
The Marquette Branch Prison ( MBP) is located in Marquette, Michigan on the south shore of Lake Superior. The prison, which opened in 1889, is a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections that holds about 1,100 inmates in maximum and minimum-security housing. The inmate population consists of adult males, aged eighteen and older. [2]
The Wheel of Love and Other Stories. The Wheel of Love is contains 20 works of short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates published by Vanguard Press in 1970. [1] The volume brought Oates "abundant national acclaim" [2] including this assessment from librarian and critic John Alfred Avant: "Quite simply, one of the finest collections of short stories ...
December 27, 1884. (1884-12-27) (aged 47) Albuquerque, New Mexico Territory, U.S. Emma Amelia Hall (February 28, 1837 – December 27, 1884) was an American prison reformer and administrator. [1] [2] [3] In July 1881, she became the first superintendent of Michigan's Girls Training School at Adrian, Michigan and eventually was the first woman ...
Detroit Detention Center (DDC) / 42.42333°N 83.04389°W / 42.42333; -83.04389. Detroit Detention Center ( DDC) is a detention center located in eastern Detroit, Michigan. The facility, which operates as a central lockup for Detroit, is staffed by personnel from the Detroit Police Department and the Michigan Department of Corrections. [1]
Detroit Reentry Center (RRF) / 42.42528°N 83.06194°W / 42.42528; -83.06194. Detroit Reentry Center ( RRF ), previously the Ryan Correctional Facility, was a prison of the Michigan Department of Corrections located in eastern Detroit, Michigan. It is adjacent to the Detroit Detention Center .