Lookup Central Michigan Correctional Facility Inmates

Central Michigan Facility Overview

Central Michigan Correctional Facility, also identified by MDOC as STF, is a state prison in St. Louis. MDOC lists Warden Janna Garcia, a public email for general questions and visiting applications, and a main telephone line. The facility opened in 1990 and holds males age 18 and older. Its custody role is different from the Gratiot County Jail in Ithaca. It houses sentenced MDOC prisoners, not newly booked local arrestees waiting for arraignment or bond.

MDOC describes the prison as a Secure Level I facility on about 70 acres in northeast St. Louis. The site includes buildings for administration, food service, education and activity, warehouse and maintenance, prisoner housing, and transportation. The prison has 16 housing units in eight buildings, and the units are dormitory-style settings. The official capacity listed in the research is 2,560 secure Level I prisoners. Because that is a state-prison population, the lookup path is OTIS rather than the county roster.

The image manifest includes the official MDOC facility page for Central Michigan Correctional Facility.

That MDOC page is the facility source for custody type, contact information, housing layout, and program detail.

Central Michigan Prison Population

Central Michigan Correctional Facility is the largest facility in the Gratiot County facility map by published capacity. The MDOC facility page states a capacity of 2,560 secure Level I prisoners. Research did not locate a current live population count for the facility, so the page should not claim a current headcount. The published capacity and housing description are enough to show that Central Michigan is a large sentenced-prison site, while the county jail has a much smaller local detention role.

The distinction affects search results. A person arrested in Gratiot County may first appear in JailTracker at the county jail. If the person is sentenced to state prison and enters MDOC jurisdiction, the county jail roster may no longer be the right source. OTIS then becomes the main public record for prisoner status, sentence profile, parole or probation supervision, and recent discharge information within MDOC's scope.

Central Michigan Inmate Lookup

Use MDOC OTIS to search Central Michigan Correctional Facility prisoners. OTIS contains information about MDOC prisoners, parolees, probationers, interstate compact transfers, absconders, escapees, and people discharged within three years of supervision discharge. MDOC says OTIS excludes county jail and city lockup prisoners, people arrested and convicted but not yet sentenced, jail-only sentences, some photos, and people off supervision for more than three years. For local jail custody, use the Gratiot County Jail page instead of OTIS.

1. Open MDOC OTIS and search by last name, first name, or offender number.
2. Use filters such as sex, race, age, offender status, or marks and tattoos when needed.
3. Open the matching MDOC profile and check whether the listed facility is Central Michigan Correctional Facility.
4. Review status, sentence, conviction, photo, and release fields, then confirm key details with MDOC if timing matters.

The screenshot from MDOC OTIS search shows the statewide search interface used for Central Michigan prisoners and other MDOC custody records.

OTIS should be used for sentenced state prisoners, while the sheriff's JailTracker roster remains the current county jail search tool.

Central Michigan Facility Contact

Central Michigan Correctional Facility has its own MDOC contact path for public questions and visiting applications. Use the prison email or telephone for facility matters. Do not call the Gratiot County Jail for a prisoner's MDOC housing unit or visiting approval unless the person is still in county custody and not yet transferred.

Central Michigan Visits

MDOC prison visits require approval before scheduling. A visitor must qualify, be added to the prisoner's visiting list, submit a visiting application through MiLogin or by mail, and wait for processing that may take up to four weeks. Approved visitors schedule in-person or video visits through the Michigan DOC ViaPath/GTL scheduling system. MDOC says visits must be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance and not more than seven days in advance. In-person visits may include up to five visitors at a time.

The published Central Michigan in-person visiting schedule was updated 06/11/26 and is organized by housing unit.

Confirm the prisoner's housing unit before picking a visit block, because A-H and J-R use different day and time patterns.

Central Michigan Mail and Money

Central Michigan Correctional Facility follows MDOC money and package rules. Money uses GTL Financial Services and ConnectNetwork. MDOC limits deposits to no more than $300 per transaction. Packages use SecurePak or Friends and Family, with one order per quarter and a $125 limit before tax and shipping. Video visits are up to 20 minutes and cost $0.16 per minute, with a $3.20 hold for the full 20 minutes.

The research source did not provide a separate prisoner mail-format table for Central Michigan Correctional Facility. Use the MDOC facility contact before mailing anything that could be treated as property, a package, or legal mail. For phone, trust-fund, visitation scheduling, and video visitation services, the ConnectNetwork Michigan DOC facility entry is the vendor path identified in the source inventory.

The manifest image for MDOC prisoner money and package rules captures the statewide source that applies to Central Michigan prisoners.

Use MDOC's money rules for this prison, not the Gratiot County Jail Express Account bond links.

Central Michigan Intake

Central Michigan Correctional Facility does not perform street-arrest booking for Gratiot County. A prisoner arrives under MDOC jurisdiction after sentencing and state intake, then is assigned based on classification, bed space, treatment needs, security level, and program placement. Classification means the prison system reviews custody, medical, mental-health, housing, and program factors before or during placement. A county jail booking may have ended before the person appears at Central Michigan in OTIS.

For families, that means a roster gap can be normal during transfer. The person may leave the county JailTracker roster before a new MDOC facility assignment is clear to the public. OTIS is the correct public tool once MDOC records update, and MDOC warns that location, status, projected release date, and other information should be verified with official records when accuracy is critical.

Central Michigan Programs

Central Michigan Correctional Facility has one of the richer program lists in the Gratiot County research file. MDOC describes psychological counseling, substance-abuse treatment, Thinking for a Change, Michigan Domestic Violence Programming, Advanced Substance Abuse Treatment, Violence Prevention Program, job-preparation workshops, family reunification, and residential treatment units. The research also identifies outpatient treatment units and education programs such as ABE, GED, ESL, Special Education, Title I, horticulture, employment readiness, and building trades.

The prison also has college and work-skill detail. Central Michigan has a Central Michigan University sociology class partnership and a Jackson College associate-degree program through Pell Grants. Building Trades students may earn NCCER certification, and Employment Readiness students may earn Microsoft Digital Literacy certification. Vocational programs perform service-learning, including building items and growing vegetables for local food banks.