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Region 1
Arenac County
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Warden Thomas Birkett
4713 West M-61
Standish, MI 48658
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TELEPHONE: (989) 846-7000
OPENED: 1990
AGE LIMIT: Males, all ages
SECURITY LEVEL: V
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General
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility is comprised of five 88-bed housing units and one 164-bed unit. Three single-bunked units are for general population; two single-bunked units are for administrative segregation, including detention cells; and one double-bunked protective custody unit. Other buildings on the grounds provide food service, health care, maintenance, programming, and administrative functions. Standish's mission is to safely house difficult, hard to manage prisoners and work to transition them to lower custody level facilities.
Programming
Academic programs include Adult Basic Education, General Education Development (GED) completion and Special Education. In-cell study programs are available to prisoners who are not allowed to leave their cells for security reasons. Treatment services include counseling, substance abuse services, behavioral change programming, and religious services. Many program resources are expanded through participation by community volunteers (local clergy and lay people), which allows more prisoners to participate in the programs. Standish also has on-site legal and general libraries that are available to prisoners.
Prisoners are provided with excellent on-site routine medical and dental care. Serious emergency cases are treated at the Standish Community Hospital and the Duane L. Waters Health Care in Jackson.
Security
The level V perimeter is protected by 16-foot high double chain link fences topped with razor-ribbon wire, which are monitored with state-of-the-art electronic detection systems. There are five gun towers that overlook the interior of the facility and provide perimeter security. A patrol vehicle with armed personnel constantly patrols the prison perimeter.
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