Detroit Detention Center

Detroit Detention Center (DDC)
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates	42°25′24″N83°02′38″W / 42.42333°N 83.04389°W Coordinates: 42°25′24″N83°02′38″W / 42.42333°N 83.04389°W
Status	Open
Security class	Detention center
Capacity	200
Opened	August 2013
Managed by	Detroit Police Department, Michigan Department of Corrections

Last updated March 31, 2019

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 is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest United States city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2017 estimated population of 673,104, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design.

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.

The Detroit Police Department (DPD) is a municipal police force responsible for the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.

General

The facility, which operates as a central lockup for Detroit and can hold up to 200 detainees.^[1] It is adjacent to the Detroit Reentry Center.

Detroit Reentry Center (RRF), previously the Ryan Correctional Facility, is a prison of the Michigan Department of Corrections located in eastern Detroit, Michigan. It is adjacent to the Detroit Detention Center.

History

The facility previously housed Mound Correctional Facility, which was closed on January 8, 2012.^[2]^[3] It was reopened as part of an inter-agency collaboration between the State of Michigan and City of Detroit in August 2013 as the Detroit Detention Center.^[1]

Mound Correctional Facility was a Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) prison located in eastern Detroit, Michigan. It was adjacent to the Detroit Reentry Center. The facility which housed Mound was reopened in August 2013 as the Detroit Detention Center.

Michigan has a republican form of government with three branches of government: the executive branch consisting of the Governor of Michigan and the other independently elected constitutional officers; the legislative branch consisting of the House of Representatives and Senate; and the judicial branch consisting of the one court of justice. The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, recall, and ratification.

The government of Detroit, Michigan is run by a mayor, the nine-member Detroit City Council, the eleven-member Board of Police Commissioners, and a clerk. All of these officers are elected on a nonpartisan ballot, with the exception of four of the police commissioners, who are appointer by the mayor. Detroit has a "strong mayoral" system, with the mayor approving departmental appointments. The council approves budgets, but the mayor is not obligated to adhere to any earmarking. The city clerk supervises elections and is formally charged with the maintenance of municipal records. City ordinances and substantially large contracts must be approved by the council.

Staffing

It was reopened as part of an inter-agency collaboration between the State of Michigan and City of Detroit in an effort to reduce the number of Detroit police officers required to staff the facility. The Michigan Department of Corrections provides the center with 51 staff.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 Damron, Gina (August 1, 2013). "New detention center opening in Detroit as part of city-state collaboration". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
↑ "Mound Correctional Facility to Close." Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 27, 2012.
↑ "Mound Correctional Facility."

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[freep813-1] 1 2 3 4 Damron, Gina (August 1, 2013). "New detention center opening in Detroit as part of city-state collaboration". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-01-10.

[Moundtoclose-2] "Mound Correctional Facility to Close." Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 27, 2012.

[Moundcurr-3] "Mound Correctional Facility."