Lakeland Correctional Facility

Lakeland Correctional Facility

Location	141 1st Street Coldwater, Michigan
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	1466
Opened	1985
Managed by	Michigan Department of Corrections

The Lakeland Correctional Facility is a state prison for men located in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, owned and operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections. ^[1]

The facility was opened in 1985 and has a working capacity of 1500 prisoners held at a medium security level.

Notable detainees

• Lawrence DeLisle - convicted of the Murder of the DeLisle children
• Jerald Leroy Wingeart - murderer of Dawn Magyar, at the time of conviction in November 2001, the longest unsolved murder case in the history of Michigan at 28 years. ^[2]
• Larry Ranes - serial killer who was sentenced to life without parole. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}
• Lowell Amos - convicted murderer and suspected serial killer, died in prison in 2022. ^[7]

See also

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons

References

1. "Lakeland Correctional Facility". Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. "Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) - Offender Profile".
3. "Suspect in Kalamazoo Co crime spree is related to convicted serial killers". 26 January 2017.
4. "The senseless murder of Charlie Sizemore". Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
5. "Local Serial Killer/Rapist to be Released from Prison".
6. "Source: Crime spree suspect also set fire in Cooper TWP". 25 January 2017.
7. "Convicted murderer Ed Amos dies in Michigan prison". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.

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