Michigan State Prison - Jackson, MI
N 42° 15.412 W 084° 24.372
16T E 713953 N 4681554
The site of Michigan's first state prison which was opened in 1839 at 100 Armory Ct, Jackson, MI 49202.
Waymark Code: WM1644P
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2022
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From the State of Michigan historical marker at the former prison:
This was the original site of Michigan's first state prison, approved by the legislature in 1838. A temporary wooden prison, enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles, was built on sixty acres donated for that purpose here. In 1839 the first 35 prisoners were received. A permanent prison was built three years later. Beginning in the 1880's under Warden H. F. Hatch a greater emphasis was placed on education and rehabilitation of prisoners. After 1934 the inmates were housed in the new prison north of Jackson.
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