BARAGA AND KINCHELOE, MI— The Michigan Department of Corrections is making changes to housing units at two Upper Peninsula prisons.
That will result in a reduction in the custody staffing needed to operate the Baraga Correctional Facility, as well as an increase in Level IV beds that are available to manage the statewide prisoner population.
As part of the plan, a Level II housing unit at the Chippewa Correctional Facility in Kincheloe that had been temporarily closed will be reopened.
Officials say changes in Baraga later this summer reflect a continued decline in the state’s administrative segregation population, which will allow for the closure of an 88-bed unit. The facility—which has experienced high staff overtime due to vacancies—will require 22.75 fewer officers to operate after the change is implemented.
