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W.J. Maxey Boys Training School is a state operated residential treatment facility for delinquent male youths, 12 to 21 years of age. The facility is currently still in operation.  In the past the facility has served as a youth detention facility for varying levels of violent and non-violent offenders, but there is limited history on the site available. The facility is currently under the directorship of Derek Hitchcock, an employee of the Michigan government and managed by the Michigan Department of Human Services.
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| name = Maxey Training School
More information on the site can be found through the Michigan DHS website at [http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5452_34044_34049-109003--,00.html]
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| opened = 1963
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]
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| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]
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| location = Whitmore Lake, MI
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*W.J Maxey Boys Training School
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*Woodland Center Correctional Facility (Current)
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==History==
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A correctional facility and Training school for Male Youths. The facility had a capacity of 60 beds, and provided Educational and Rehab services for Inmates. Maxey was closed on October, 1st, 2015. Located in the former W. J. Maxey Boys Training School, the state operates the Woodland Center Correctional. The maximum-security prison, which is about 11 miles north of Ann Arbor, provides acute and longer-term psychiatric treatment for inmates throughout Michigan's prison system at a sprawling one-story building that resembles a school. It treats about 200 inmates at a time with a 23-bed inpatient infirmary and three-bed dialysis unit for inmates with or without mental illness.
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[[Category:Michigan]]
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[[Category:Cottage Plan]]
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[[Category:Active Institution]]

Latest revision as of 22:30, 27 March 2021

Maxey Training School
Opened 1963
Current Status Active
Building Style Cottage Plan
Location Whitmore Lake, MI
Alternate Names
  • W.J Maxey Boys Training School
  • Woodland Center Correctional Facility (Current)




History[edit]

A correctional facility and Training school for Male Youths. The facility had a capacity of 60 beds, and provided Educational and Rehab services for Inmates. Maxey was closed on October, 1st, 2015. Located in the former W. J. Maxey Boys Training School, the state operates the Woodland Center Correctional. The maximum-security prison, which is about 11 miles north of Ann Arbor, provides acute and longer-term psychiatric treatment for inmates throughout Michigan's prison system at a sprawling one-story building that resembles a school. It treats about 200 inmates at a time with a 23-bed inpatient infirmary and three-bed dialysis unit for inmates with or without mental illness.