Parnall Correctional Facility Explained

Prison Name:	Parnall Correctional Facility
Location:	1780 E Parnall Road Jackson, Michigan
Status:	open
Classification:	minimum
Capacity:	1696
Opened:	1926

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

The facility's buildings were first opened in 1926. Present-day Parnall is one portion of the former Michigan State Prison, described as the largest walled prison in the world as late as 1981, when it was rocked by extensive, damaging riots. ^[2] The prison was divided in 1988 into smaller institutions. As of 2016, Parnell and three other components remain open:

• the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, an educational facility
• the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, an intake and processing facility for all male state prisoners
• the Cooper Street Correctional Facility, a discharge and processing facility

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Parnall Correctional Facility. Michigan Department of Corrections. 10 August 2016.
2. News: Largest Walled Prison "Totally Locked Down". 10 August 2016. Associated Press. Washington PA Observer-Reporter. 28 May 1981.