Thumb Correctional Facility

{{Infobox prison

| prison_name = Thumb Correctional Facility (TCF)

| image =

| caption =

| location =

| coordinates = {{Coord|43.03414|-83.35605|type:landmark_region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}

| status = Open

| classification = Level II

| capacity = 1,216 {{cite web | url=https://www.prisonpro.com/content/thumb-correctional-facility | title=Thumb Correctional Facility }}

| opened = {{Start date|1987}}

| closed =

| managed_by = Michigan Department of Corrections

| warden = Fredeane Artis

| street-address = 3225 John Conley Drive

| city = Lapeer

| county = Lapeer County

| state = Michigan

| zip = 48446

| country = United States

| email =

| website = {{official website}}

}}

Thumb Correctional Facility (TCF) is a Michigan prison, located in Lapeer, for male prisoners. It is a Level II, lower-level security prison.

Facility

The prison was opened in 1987, and has six housing units currently used to house approximately 1,200 male Michigan Department of Corrections prisoners. Four housing units are for approximately 700 adult inmates, and two housing units are for approximately 500 teenage inmates. It is the only prison in Michigan that houses male juvenile offenders.{{Cite news |author=Foley, Phil |date=June 15, 2014 |title=Locked up in Lapeer |url=http://thecountypress.mihomepaper.com/news/2014-06-15/News/Locked_up_in_Lapeer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021164810/http://thecountypress.mihomepaper.com/news/2014-06-15/News/Locked_up_in_Lapeer.html |archive-date=21 October 2018 |accessdate=2015-07-28 |work=The County Press}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source does not appear to support the claim, as it makes no mention of juvenile offenders.|date=April 2024}} Onsite facilities provide for foodservice, health care, facility maintenance, storage, prison administration, and industrial laundry services.{{Cite web | title = Thumb Correctional Facility (TCF) | publisher = Michigan Department of Corrections | work = michigan.gov | accessdate = 2015-07-28 | url = http://michigan.gov/corrections/0,4551,7-119-68854_1381_1385-5356--,00.html }} The facility employs approximately 315 people.

=Security=

The facility is surrounded by triple {{convert|12|ft|adj=on}} fences with razor-ribbon wire and guard towers. Electronic detection systems and patrol vehicles are used to maintain perimeter security.

Services

The facility offers libraries, a barber shop, prison worker programs, education programs, substance-abuse treatment, group therapy, and religious services. Onsite medical and dental care is supplemented by the Duane L. Waters Hospital in Jackson, Michigan.

The worker program allows the prison's laundry facility to provide services to several organizations in the area.

Notable inmates

class="wikitable sortable"
width=13%\|Inmate Name !width=10%\|Register Number !width=28%\|Status !width=35%\|Details
style="text-align:center;"\| Ethan Crumbley \|style="text-align:center;"\| 734210 \| Serving 4 life sentences without parole plus an additional 24 years.{{Cite web \|title=Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole \|website=NPR \|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1218190612/ethan-crumbley-sentence-oxford-michigan-high-school-shooter \|access-date=2024-03-20}} \| Perpetrator of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in which he murdered four students and injured 7 more.{{Cite web \|date=2021-12-02 \|title=Michigan school shooting suspect charged with terrorism, murder as fourth victim dies \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-17-becomes-fourth-victim-michigan-high-school-shooting-rcna7267 \|access-date=2024-01-25 \|website=NBC News \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|date=2021-12-02 \|title=Michigan teen charged in Oxford High School shooting \|url=https://apnews.com/article/shootings-michigan-4e1a14622ed8c5a6bcc7e8da88e3c33d \|access-date=2024-01-25 \|website=AP News \|language=en}} Due to the severity of his crimes, he was tried as an adult. Transferred to Oaks Correctional Facility, on April 28, 2024, when he turned 18 years old, to start to serve his sentence in Oaks.{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|title=Judge rules school shooter Ethan Crumbley can be sentenced to life without parole \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-decide-school-shooter-ethan-crumbley-sentenced-life/story?id=103594246 \|access-date=2024-01-25 \|website=ABC News \|language=en}}
style="text-align:center;"\| Charles Pickett Jr. \|style="text-align:center;"\| 485575 / 5278911L \| Serving a minimum of 40 years.{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|title=40-year prison term affirmed for man who killed bicyclists \|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/09/20/kalamazoo-driver-hit-bicyclists-years-prison/40178839/ \|access-date=2024-03-20 \|website=The Detroit News \|language=en-US}} \| Convicted of murdering 5 people while under the influence in what is known as the 2016 Kalamazoo bicycle crash.{{Cite web \|title=5 Murder Charges Leveled At Man Accused Of Driving Truck Into Cyclists \|website=NPR \|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/09/481472007/5-murder-charges-leveled-at-man-accused-of-driving-truck-into-cyclists \|access-date=2024-03-20}}{{Cite web \|date=2016-06-09 \|title=Man Charged With Murder in Hit-and-Run Deaths of Five Michigan Bicyclists \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-charged-murder-hit-run-deaths-five-michigan-bicyclists-n589211 \|access-date=2024-03-20 \|website=NBC News \|language=en}}{{Cite news \|last= \|date=2016-06-09 \|title=Man charged with murdering five cyclists after pickup hit riding group \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/10/man-charged-with-murdering-five-cyclists-after-pickup-hit-riding-group \|access-date=2024-03-20 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web \|date=2018-02-10 \|title=Man Charged With Killing 5 Bicyclists To Stand Trial In April - CBS Detroit \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/man-charged-with-killing-5-bicyclists-to-stand-trial-in-april/ \|access-date=2024-03-20 \|website=www.cbsnews.com \|language=en-US}}

class="wikitable sortable"

width=13%|Inmate Name

!width=10%|Register Number

!width=28%|Status

!width=35%|Details

style="text-align:center;"| Ethan Crumbley

|style="text-align:center;"| 734210

| Serving 4 life sentences without parole plus an additional 24 years.{{Cite web |title=Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1218190612/ethan-crumbley-sentence-oxford-michigan-high-school-shooter |access-date=2024-03-20}}

| Perpetrator of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in which he murdered four students and injured 7 more.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=Michigan school shooting suspect charged with terrorism, murder as fourth victim dies |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-17-becomes-fourth-victim-michigan-high-school-shooting-rcna7267 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=Michigan teen charged in Oxford High School shooting |url=https://apnews.com/article/shootings-michigan-4e1a14622ed8c5a6bcc7e8da88e3c33d |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=AP News |language=en}} Due to the severity of his crimes, he was tried as an adult. Transferred to Oaks Correctional Facility, on April 28, 2024, when he turned 18 years old, to start to serve his sentence in Oaks.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Judge rules school shooter Ethan Crumbley can be sentenced to life without parole |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-decide-school-shooter-ethan-crumbley-sentenced-life/story?id=103594246 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

style="text-align:center;"| Charles Pickett Jr.

|style="text-align:center;"| 485575 / 5278911L

| Serving a minimum of 40 years.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=40-year prison term affirmed for man who killed bicyclists |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/09/20/kalamazoo-driver-hit-bicyclists-years-prison/40178839/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}

| Convicted of murdering 5 people while under the influence in what is known as the 2016 Kalamazoo bicycle crash.{{Cite web |title=5 Murder Charges Leveled At Man Accused Of Driving Truck Into Cyclists |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/09/481472007/5-murder-charges-leveled-at-man-accused-of-driving-truck-into-cyclists |access-date=2024-03-20}}{{Cite web |date=2016-06-09 |title=Man Charged With Murder in Hit-and-Run Deaths of Five Michigan Bicyclists |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-charged-murder-hit-run-deaths-five-michigan-bicyclists-n589211 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last= |date=2016-06-09 |title=Man charged with murdering five cyclists after pickup hit riding group |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/10/man-charged-with-murdering-five-cyclists-after-pickup-hit-riding-group |access-date=2024-03-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2018-02-10 |title=Man Charged With Killing 5 Bicyclists To Stand Trial In April - CBS Detroit |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/man-charged-with-killing-5-bicyclists-to-stand-trial-in-april/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

References

External links

{{official website}}
[http://www.michigan.gov/corrections Michigan Department of Corrections]

Category:Prisons in Michigan

Category:Buildings and structures in Lapeer County, Michigan

Category:1987 establishments in Michigan