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Muskegon Correctional Facility Overview

The MDOC Muskegon Correctional Facility page identifies MCF as a Level II state prison at 2400 S. Sheridan Drive in Muskegon. It is operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections, led by Warden James Schiebner, and serves males age 18 and older who are sentenced to MDOC custody. It opened in 1974 and has 300 employees.

Muskegon Correctional Facility is part of the state prison system, so it should not be described as a county jail. A person housed there may have been convicted in Muskegon County or in another Michigan county. Likewise, a person sentenced from a Muskegon County court may be sent to MCF or to a different MDOC prison after reception and classification.

The official MDOC facility page shows the prison's warden, address, level, housing-unit description, and program list.

The MDOC page is the facility source, while OTIS is the statewide record-search tool for prisoners and supervised offenders.

Muskegon Correctional Facility Lookup

The correct locator for Muskegon Correctional Facility is MDOC OTIS, the Offender Tracking Information System. OTIS contains prisoners, parolees, and probationers who are currently under MDOC supervision or discharged within three years. It may also include interstate compact cases, escapees, and absconders. It does not contain people in county jails or city lockups, people sentenced to jail only, or people arrested and convicted but not yet sentenced.

The MDOC Offender Search page explains that OTIS may show MDOC identity, current status, current prison or supervision location, offense, Michigan law links, sentence information, parole or probation status, release or discharge details, and a photo when available and not exempt. MDOC also warns that location, status, and release information may not be current, so important facts should be verified with MDOC, court files, or Michigan State Police ICHAT where appropriate.

The MDOC OTIS information page describes the scope and limits of Michigan's state offender search.

OTIS is statewide, so the search should confirm the facility field rather than assume a Muskegon County conviction means placement at MCF.

1. Open MDOC OTIS, not the Muskegon County Zuercher jail portal.
2. Search by MDOC number if known. If not known, search by last name and add first name, sex, race, or age filters when needed.
3. Review the result for current status and current prison or supervision location.
4. Confirm that the facility field lists Muskegon Correctional Facility before using MCF contact, visiting, or mail information.
5. Use court records for case filings and county jail records for pre-transfer booking history.

Muskegon Correctional Facility Contact

Facility contact questions should go to MDOC or the prison, not the Muskegon County Sheriff's Office. The county jail cannot confirm MDOC prison housing after transfer, and the adult county roster is not a prison roster. The official MCF page provides a telephone number and a general email address for questions and visiting applications.

Muskegon Correctional Facility Housing

The official MDOC page describes Muskegon Correctional Facility as a Level II double-bunked facility with eleven buildings. Those buildings include six housing units, food service, Educational/Leisure Time Activities and Programs, and administration. The research did not locate a single official total population figure, and the housing-unit text should be used as written rather than turned into an invented capacity total.

MDOC lists Unit One as containing a 27-bed segregation unit, Health Care, and 182 general-population prisoners. Unit Six is the Faith Base Unit and houses 160 general-population prisoners. The page states that the remaining housing units house 238 general-population prisoners each, but the wording creates arithmetic ambiguity because it follows a six-unit description. The safest statement is to quote the unit figures and avoid calculating a total.

Muskegon Correctional Facility Visits

Muskegon Correctional Facility uses MDOC prison visiting rules, not Muskegon County Jail's on-site appointment schedule. The research specifically warns not to reuse the county jail's 25-minute on-site schedule for the prison. MDOC prison visiting generally requires approval and scheduling, and the MCF page provides the facility email for general questions and visiting applications.

Before a visit, confirm the prisoner's current location in OTIS. Prisoners can transfer between MDOC facilities, and a visitor using old facility information may arrive at the wrong location. Approval status, visiting list rules, identification, clothing, search procedures, and schedule changes should be checked through MDOC or the facility before travel.

Muskegon Correctional Facility Mail and Funds

Muskegon Correctional Facility mail and funds follow MDOC prison rules. The adult county jail's MailGuard address, eXpress Account commissary path, and Hall of Justice bond kiosk do not apply to a sentenced prisoner after transfer to MDOC custody. The research points prison money questions to the MDOC prisoner funds page and ConnectNetwork, which is separate from the county jail deposit system.

For funds, use the MDOC prisoner goods and money page and confirm the current ConnectNetwork option and fee schedule before sending money. For mail, confirm the MDOC mailing format, prisoner name, and MDOC number. A county jail booking number or county roster name field is not a substitute for an MDOC number.

Muskegon Correctional Facility Programs

MCF has a substantial MDOC program list. The facility page lists Special Education, GED preparation and testing, welding, horticulture, employment readiness, Violence Prevention Programming, Thinking for a Change, Building Responsible Dynamic Gaining Essential Safety, Substance Abuse Education Phase 2, Advanced Substance Abuse, leisure activities, religious services, a general and legal library, Prison Fellowship's Pre-release Academy, Urban Ministry Institute, and PAWS for a Cause Dog Training.

The Hope-Western Prison Education Program is a distinctive MCF feature. Hope College and Western Theological Seminary partner with MDOC to offer a Christian liberal arts Bachelor of Arts program at the facility. The research says the program became officially accredited in 2021 and is free for incarcerated students, with costs paid by the college. Program availability for a specific prisoner still depends on custody status, eligibility, staffing, and MDOC assignment.

MDOC prisoner

A person sentenced to Michigan Department of Corrections custody, searched through OTIS.

Level II

A Michigan prison security level, different from county jail classification.

Reception and classification

The MDOC process after sentencing that assigns a prisoner to a facility and custody level.

Parole

Supervised release after prison, also within OTIS scope while under MDOC supervision.

Muskegon County Jail vs Prison

The key search mistake is using the Muskegon County Jail roster for a state prisoner. The county roster is for adult county jail custody, including pretrial and local sentence situations. Muskegon Correctional Facility is for sentenced MDOC prisoners. Once a person leaves county jail after a felony sentence to prison, OTIS becomes the correct public lookup system.

That does not mean the county record disappears. The original arrest, booking, bond, and court path may still be found through jail records, MiCOURT, court clerks, or public-records requests. The prison page answers a different question: where the person is in MDOC custody and what public sentence or supervision details OTIS reports.

Muskegon Prison Records Follow-Up

When a prisoner at MCF has a Muskegon County court history, MiCOURT and the court clerk remain the path for court filings. The county jail roster remains the path for adult jail custody records before transfer. For federal custody, use the BOP locator. For immigration custody, use ICE's detainee locator. Those systems should not be merged into one county search.

For adult jail custody before a prison transfer, see Muskegon County jail inmate records. For the countywide custody map that separates the adult jail, juvenile detention, and MDOC prison, use the Muskegon County inmate population overview.