Kinross Correctional Facility

Kinross Correctional Facility is a Michigan prison, located in Kincheloe, which houses adult male prisoners. The original facility closed in October 2015, with most of the inmates relocating to the formerly closed Hiawatha Correctional Facility. Upon the move, the Kinross Correctional Facility name was transferred to the reopened complex.HistoryThe original Kinross Correctional Facility closed in October 2015, with most of the inmates and the name moving to the formerly closed Hiawatha Correctional Facility.Original facilityThe original Kinross Correctional Facility was opened on January 16, 1978 on the barracks grounds of the former Kincheloe Air Force Base with an original capacity of 495 prisoners - which was increased to approximately 700 shortly after. At it was the largest fenced area of any state prison in Michigan.The original facility was closed in October 2015, having gained the ability to house almost 1,600 inmates. Approximately 1,280 inmates were relocated to the previously closed Hiawatha Correctional Facility and 300 transferred to the neighboring Chippewa Correctional Facility. The move was made when it was determined that it would be less costly to update the security at the Hiawatha facility than the original prison. The original facility was larger and held more inmates but had been converted from Air Force barracks in 1978, whereas Hiawatha was purposely built as a prison.Hiawatha Correctional FacilityHiawatha Correctional Facility was built as a prison near the Kinross facility and opened in 1989.The facility closed in August 2009.