Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center

Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center

Location	3855 Cooper Street Jackson, Michigan
Status	open
Security class	mixed
Capacity	1382
Opened	1988
Managed by	Michigan Department of Corrections

The Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center is a state prison for men located in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, owned and operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections.^[1]

Egeler houses a maximum of 1382 inmates at a mix of security levels, for the assessment, screening, and classification of all male state prisoners. Egeler is adjacent to portions 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 local components remain open as prisons:

• Parnall Correctional Facility, a minimum-security prison
• the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, an educational facility
• the Cooper Street Correctional Facility, a discharge and processing facility

References

1. "Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center". Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
2. "Largest Walled Prison "Totally Locked Down"". Washington PA Observer-Reporter. Associated Press. 28 May 1981. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

Coordinates: 42°18′00″N 84°23′28″W / 42.299966°N 84.391197°W