Oaks Correctional Facility Explained

Prison Name:	Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF)
Status:	Open
Classification:	Level II and IV
Managed By:	Michigan Department of Corrections
Warden:	Mike Burgess
Street-Address:	1500 Caberfae Highway
City:	Manistee
County:	Manistee County, Michigan
State:	Michigan
Zip:	49660
Country:	United States

Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF) is a Michigan Department of Corrections facility in Manistee Township, Michigan,^[1] near Manistee.^{[2] [3]}

Facilities and Grounds

The facility has four general population housing units with double bunked beds. Each unit houses up to 192 men. In addition the prison has two administrative segregation units, including a special use unit.^[2]

Notable Inmates

• Jason Brian Dalton, perpetrator of the 2016 Kalamazoo shootings in which he murdered six people and injured two more.
• Tim Holland, adoptive father of Ricky Holland. Pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and testified against his wife, Lisa Holland in her murder trial where she was subsequently found guilty of murder and is serving a life sentence.^[4]
• Jack Kevorkian^[5]
• Kwame Kilpatrick^[6]
• Richard Wershe Jr. A.K.A. White Boy Rick^[7]
• Ethan Crumbley, perpetrator of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in which he murdered four students and injured seven more. Crumbley was transferred from Thumb Correctional Facility to Oaks Correctional Facility, to serve his sentence.

See also

• List of Michigan state prisons

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Manistee County, MI. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-08-15. 15 (PDF p. 16/23). Oaks Corr Facility.
2. "Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF)." Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
3. "Manistee township, Manistee County, Michigan ." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
4. News: Introduction: Ricky Holland's story. Detroit Free Press.
5. News: Kevorkian in Medium-Security Jail . AP Online . August 27, 1999 . 2015-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924180417/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23176081.html . dead . September 24, 2015 .
6. Web site: Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) - Offender Profile . May 30, 2010 . 2010-05-25 . Michigan Department of Corrections . MDOC [Prisoner] Number:702408 . 2011-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110202182834/http://www.state.mi.us/mdoc/asp/otis2profile.asp?mdocNumber=702408 . dead .
7. Web site: Richard Wershe Jr., formerly 'White Boy Rick,' announces lawsuit against FBI agents and Detroit police year after prison release. www.clickondetroit.com . 2023-09-14 .