First State Prison - Jackson, Michigan - Retired Prisons on Waymarking.com

From the State of Michigan Historic Preservation Office website:

This was the original site of Michigan's first state prison, approved by the legislature in 1838. A temporary wooden prison, enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles, was built on sixty acres donated for that purpose here. In 1839 the first thirty-five prisoners were received. A permanent prison was built three years later. Beginning in the 1880's under Warden H. F. Hatch a greater emphasis was placed on the education and rehabilitation of prisoners. After 1934 the inmates were housed in the new prison north of Jackson.

Address: 100 Armory Jackson, MI U.S.A. 49202 Open to the public: Yes Hours: Not listed Fees?: Not listed Web link: Not listed

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