Central Michigan Correctional Facility

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Central Michigan Correctional Facility (STF)
Location St. Louis, Michigan
Coordinates 43°24′37″N84°35′52″W / 43.41025°N 84.59774°W / 43.41025; -84.59774 Coordinates: 43°24′37″N84°35′52″W / 43.41025°N 84.59774°W / 43.41025; -84.59774
StatusOpen
Security classSecure Level I
Capacity2400
Opened1990 (1990)
Managed by Michigan Department of Corrections
DirectorWarden John Christiansen
Street address320 N. Hubbard
City St. Louis
County Gratiot
State Michigan
ZIP Code48880
Country United States
Website https://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,4551,7-119-68854_1381_1385-5489--,00.html

Central Michigan Correctional Facility (STF) is a Michigan prison for male Level I prisoners. [1]

Michigan State of the United States of America

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake". With a population of about 10 million, Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.

Prison place in which people legally are physically confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms

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Prisoner person who is deprived of liberty against their will

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History

The prison was opened in 1990 [1] and was previously known as the Mid-Michigan Correctional Facility and Pine River Correctional Facility until they were consolidated on October 17, 2010. [2] [3]

Facility

The Central Michigan Correctional Facility consists of eight housing buildings which provide sixteen separate housing units. Each housing units consist of 7-8 bed open bays, with 140-160 prisoners. The housing units can hold 2400 Secure Level I prisoners, who are more easily managed within the facility (even though they may have committed violent crimes) than higher level prisoners. [3] There are separate buildings for administration, foodservice, academic programs, maintenance in a warehouse, and prisoner services. The facility is capable of providing on-site routine medical and dental care. Serious medical problems are treated at Michigan Department of Corrections' department at Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson, and emergencies are treated by nearby hospitals. [1]

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Warehouse commercial storage building for goods in transit

A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, towns or villages.

Security

The facility is surrounded by two 12 feet (3.7 m) fences. The exterior fence has rolls of razor wire on the side and top. The interior fence is an electronically monitored non-lethal electric fence. The perimeter of the facility is also monitored electronically, with surveillance cameras, and with an armed personnel patrol. [1]

Barbed tape

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Electric fence shock barrier to contain animals or people

An electric fence is a barrier that uses electric shocks to deter animals and people from crossing a boundary. The voltage of the shock may have effects ranging from discomfort to death. Most electric fences are used today for agricultural fencing and other forms of animal control, although they are frequently used to enhance the security of sensitive areas, such as military installations, prisons, and other security sensitive places; places exist where lethal voltages are used.

Closed-circuit television Use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place on a limited set of monitors

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Program

The Central Michigan Correctional Facility offers several programs for prisoners, including pre-release preparation, recreation, psychological counseling, cognitive restructuring, substance-abuse treatment, and a variety of voluntary self-help programs. A vocational program offers education opportunities in the areas of custodial maintenance technology, business educational technology, horticulture, and building trades. An academic program offers classes in adult basic education and general education development. The facility also provides a general and law library, hobbycraft, religious services, and a barbershop. [1]

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Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in desired ways. Psychotherapy aims to improve an individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviors, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social skills. Certain psychotherapies are considered evidence-based for treating some diagnosed mental disorders. Others have been criticized as pseudoscience.

Cognitive restructuring (CR) is a psychotherapeutic process of learning to identify and dispute irrational or maladaptive thoughts known as cognitive distortions, such as all-or-nothing thinking (splitting), magical thinking, over-generalization, magnification, and emotional reasoning, which are commonly associated with many mental health disorders. CR employs many strategies, such as Socratic questioning, thought recording, and guided imagery, and is used in many types of therapies, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT). A number of studies demonstrate considerable efficacy in using CR-based therapies.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Central Michigan Correctional Facility (STF)". Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  2. ↑ "Mid-Michigan/Pine River Correctional Facility". Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  3. 1 2 "Prison Directory". Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
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