Camp Lehman
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Camp Lehman was minimum security
prison camp
operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections
Correctional Facilities Administration (CFA), 10 miles (16.1 km) north of Grayling
located in Crawford County
, Michigan
; under the administrative control of the Pugsley Correctional Facility
in Kingsley, Michigan
.
Camp Lehman sat on 19 acres (76,890.3 m²) of land donated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
and housed 582 adult male prisoners. The camp had prisoner public works
and gate pass assignments.http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_9746---,00.html
s who was killed in World War II
in February 1943.
Camp Lehman was established as one of the original honor camps when the Corrections Conservation Prison Camp Program was started in 1948 and housed minimum security
adult male prisoners
. The purpose of the Corrections Conservation Prison Camp Program was twofold. Various conservation projects under the direction of the Conservation Department (now the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
or DNR) needed to be manned and prisoners provided an inexpensive and reliable source of labor. The Corrections Camp Program was granted permission to use old Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC) camps in exchange for prisoners to be used on these conservation projects. The Conservation Department provided employees to supervise these prisoners and vehicles to transport the prisoners to and from the assignments.
When the old buildings of the CCC became unsuitable to house prisoners, a new building (renamed Superior
unit, in 1986) was constructed on the site where the facility is now located. This building was built in 1963-64 to accommodate 80 prisoners and included all necessary functions of a correctional facility within one building. Over the years the facility added other buildings to accommodate growth of the prisoner population. The largest expansion of the Camp was in 1986 when three new eighty single-prisoner
-room housing units named Michigan
unit, Huron
unit, Erie
unit, were added.
Also added at that time an activity building (Ontario
unit) which primarily served as an activity/visiting room. Upon the completion of the new housing units the camp housed 342 prisoners. The housing units and activity building were named after the Great Lakes
(Superior
, Michigan
, Huron
, Erie
, and Ontario
), that surround Michigan
. In 1987 a 12 feet (3.7 m) high security fence was constructed. This security fence was enhanced in 1999 and 2000 to electronically detect any suspicious movement on the fence.
On October 1, 1997, the Corrections Camp Program was disbanded and each remaining camp became the responsibility of the closest correctional facility. Camp Lehman’s parent facility was the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility
in Standish, Michigan
; until July 2009, when the camp became the responsibility of the Pugsley Correctional Facility
Kingsley
, Michigan
. In June 2003, the prisoner population increased to 582 prisoners by double bunking each of the three eighty room housing units. Superior unit housed 102 prisoners; Michigan, Huron, and Erie units each housed 160 prisoners.
In six decades Camp Lehman saw many changes. Originally the Camp was only to serve to provide labor for the Conservation Department but evolved into a correctional facility with a multitude of programs and functions. Camp Lehman provided labor to various public authorities including the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
and the Michigan Department of Military Affairs at Camp Grayling
Army National Guard
Training Site. Prisoners were compensated for their labor and the State of Michigan was reimbursed for the cost of operating the program by the various public entities that utilized the program. As of October 1, 2007 the Camp had 5 prisoner work crews.
The number of employees increased over the years according to the number of prisoners housed and the increase in programs and functions. In 1977, a total of 15 employees operated the Camp, of which 11 were custody and security staff. In October 2007, the camp employed 107 employees of which 67 were custody and security staff until its closure in October 2009.
On February 1, 2009, Camp Lehman became a tobacco-free facility. The possession and use of tobacco
products by prisoners, staff, and the general public was prohibited.http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-1381_1383-200148--,00.html
On June 5, 2009, Regional Prison Administrator Jerri Ann Sherry arrived at Camp Lehman to announce to the staff that after more than sixty years of service to the People of the State of Michigan, Camp Lehman would be closed prior to November 1, 2009. She also announced in addition to Camp Lehman closing the other four remaining prison camps: Camp Cusino
in Shingleton, Camp Kitwen in Painsedale, Camp Ottawa in Iron River
, and Camp White Lake in White Lake Township
would also be closed. These closures signaled an end to the Corrections Camp Program.
Also, on June 5, 2009, Governor
Jennifer Granholm
released a statement to the media to announce the State of Michigan would be closing the Hiawatha Correctional Facility, in Kincheloe
; the Muskegon Correctional Facility
, in Muskegon, MI; and the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility before November 1, 2009.
The last of the prisoners were transferred to other facilities on Friday, October 30, 2009.
Camp Lehman closed on October 31, 2009. Camp Lehman was the final prison camp
opened in Michigan; and with its closure marked the end of the Corrections Camp Program in the State of Michigan.
programs: Adult Basic Education; General Education Development;http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_9747---,00.html a pre-release
program; substance abuse
treatment
; Alcoholics Anonymous
& Narcotics Anonymous
; Assaultive Offender Therapy http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_12798-201919--,00.html ; Thinking for A Change http://nicic.gov/T4C classes; parenting
classes; smoking cessation
classes; and group counseling and had a law library
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/05_03_115_242618_7.pdf that provided services for prisoners from throughout Michigan
who were housed in Camps.
The camp had a Health Care Unithttp://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_11776---,00.html that provided prisoners access to a physician assistant
, nursing
, dental
and psychological services.http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_9744-23249--,00.html
Recreation for the prisoners included a gym
nasium; softball
field; outdoor basketball courts; outdoor handball court; weight pavilion; music room; in-room-hobbycraft
;http://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/05_03_102_185536_7.pdf; walking/running track; and exercise stations.
Equipment for these leisure-time activities was provided by the Prisoner Benefit Fundhttp://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/04_02_110_242614_7.pdf which was funded directly from the prisoner store and other prisoner fundraising functions.
Camp Lehman also provided a variety of religious services http://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/05_03_150_261312_7.pdf overseen by the Prison
Chaplain
at the Pugsley Correctional Facility
and aided by approved religious volunteer groups from the local community.
Minimum Security
Minimum Security is a comic strip written and illustrated by Stephanie McMillan. It began in 1999, appearing in several alternative weeklies...
prison camp
Prison camp
Prison camp may be:* Concentration or internment camp* Federal prison camp, low-security facility among those on list of U.S. federal prisons* Labor camp* Death or extermination camp* Prisoner-of-war camp...
operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections
Michigan Department of Corrections
The Michigan Department of Corrections oversees prisons and other correctional facilities in the state of Michigan, USA. It has 34 prison facilities, and a Special Alternative Incarceration program, together composing approximately 44,000 prisoners. Another 72,000 probationers and parolees are...
Correctional Facilities Administration (CFA), 10 miles (16.1 km) north of Grayling
Grayling, Michigan
Grayling is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Crawford County. The population was 1,952 at the 2000 census. Grayling takes its name from the Grayling fish that was once prevalent in its lakes and streams....
located in Crawford County
Crawford County, Michigan
See also: List of counties bordering eight counties-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,273 people, 5,625 households, and 4,038 families residing in the county. The population density was 26 people per square mile . There were 10,042 housing units at an average density of 18 per...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
; under the administrative control of the Pugsley Correctional Facility
Pugsley Correctional Facility
Pugsley Correctional Facility is a Michigan minimum security prison operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections Correctional Facilities Administration , located outside Kingsley, Michigan, southeast of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County....
in Kingsley, Michigan
Kingsley, Michigan
Kingsley is a village in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,517 as of 2009.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land...
.
Camp Lehman sat on 19 acres (76,890.3 m²) of land donated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is the agency of the state of Michigan charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas. It is governed by a director appointed by the Governor and accepted by the Natural Resources Commission...
and housed 582 adult male prisoners. The camp had prisoner public works
Public works
Public works are a broad category of projects, financed and constructed by the government, for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community...
and gate pass assignments.http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_9746---,00.html
History
Camp Lehman was named after Ray Lehman, a District Supervisor of ParoleParole
Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...
s who was killed in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in February 1943.
Camp Lehman was established as one of the original honor camps when the Corrections Conservation Prison Camp Program was started in 1948 and housed minimum security
Minimum Security
Minimum Security is a comic strip written and illustrated by Stephanie McMillan. It began in 1999, appearing in several alternative weeklies...
adult male prisoners
Incarceration
Incarceration is the detention of a person in prison, typically as punishment for a crime .People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within a larger system of...
. The purpose of the Corrections Conservation Prison Camp Program was twofold. Various conservation projects under the direction of the Conservation Department (now the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is the agency of the state of Michigan charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas. It is governed by a director appointed by the Governor and accepted by the Natural Resources Commission...
or DNR) needed to be manned and prisoners provided an inexpensive and reliable source of labor. The Corrections Camp Program was granted permission to use old Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D...
(CCC) camps in exchange for prisoners to be used on these conservation projects. The Conservation Department provided employees to supervise these prisoners and vehicles to transport the prisoners to and from the assignments.
When the old buildings of the CCC became unsuitable to house prisoners, a new building (renamed Superior
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...
unit, in 1986) was constructed on the site where the facility is now located. This building was built in 1963-64 to accommodate 80 prisoners and included all necessary functions of a correctional facility within one building. Over the years the facility added other buildings to accommodate growth of the prisoner population. The largest expansion of the Camp was in 1986 when three new eighty single-prisoner
Incarceration
Incarceration is the detention of a person in prison, typically as punishment for a crime .People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within a larger system of...
-room housing units named Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
unit, Huron
Lake Huron
Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the larger portion of Lake Michigan-Huron. It is bounded on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United States...
unit, Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
unit, were added.
Also added at that time an activity building (Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
unit) which primarily served as an activity/visiting room. Upon the completion of the new housing units the camp housed 342 prisoners. The housing units and activity building were named after the Great Lakes
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
(Superior
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...
, Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
, Huron
Lake Huron
Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the larger portion of Lake Michigan-Huron. It is bounded on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United States...
, Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
, and Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
), that surround Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. In 1987 a 12 feet (3.7 m) high security fence was constructed. This security fence was enhanced in 1999 and 2000 to electronically detect any suspicious movement on the fence.
On October 1, 1997, the Corrections Camp Program was disbanded and each remaining camp became the responsibility of the closest correctional facility. Camp Lehman’s parent facility was the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility is a Michigan Department of Corrections maximum security prison in Standish, Michigan. The men's prison was located on the south side of M-61 . It is located northwest of Detroit.-History:...
in Standish, Michigan
Standish, Michigan
Standish is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,581. It is the county seat of Arenac County.The town was platted by John D. Standish in 1871...
; until July 2009, when the camp became the responsibility of the Pugsley Correctional Facility
Pugsley Correctional Facility
Pugsley Correctional Facility is a Michigan minimum security prison operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections Correctional Facilities Administration , located outside Kingsley, Michigan, southeast of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County....
Kingsley
Kingsley, Michigan
Kingsley is a village in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,517 as of 2009.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. In June 2003, the prisoner population increased to 582 prisoners by double bunking each of the three eighty room housing units. Superior unit housed 102 prisoners; Michigan, Huron, and Erie units each housed 160 prisoners.
In six decades Camp Lehman saw many changes. Originally the Camp was only to serve to provide labor for the Conservation Department but evolved into a correctional facility with a multitude of programs and functions. Camp Lehman provided labor to various public authorities including the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is the agency of the state of Michigan charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas. It is governed by a director appointed by the Governor and accepted by the Natural Resources Commission...
and the Michigan Department of Military Affairs at Camp Grayling
Camp Grayling
Camp Grayling, near Grayling, is located primarily in Crawford County, Michigan, and spreads over three counties. Camp Grayling is the main training facility for the Michigan National Guard and is the largest National Guard training facility in the nation....
Army National Guard
Army National Guard
Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors...
Training Site. Prisoners were compensated for their labor and the State of Michigan was reimbursed for the cost of operating the program by the various public entities that utilized the program. As of October 1, 2007 the Camp had 5 prisoner work crews.
The number of employees increased over the years according to the number of prisoners housed and the increase in programs and functions. In 1977, a total of 15 employees operated the Camp, of which 11 were custody and security staff. In October 2007, the camp employed 107 employees of which 67 were custody and security staff until its closure in October 2009.
On February 1, 2009, Camp Lehman became a tobacco-free facility. The possession and use of tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
products by prisoners, staff, and the general public was prohibited.http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-1381_1383-200148--,00.html
On June 5, 2009, Regional Prison Administrator Jerri Ann Sherry arrived at Camp Lehman to announce to the staff that after more than sixty years of service to the People of the State of Michigan, Camp Lehman would be closed prior to November 1, 2009. She also announced in addition to Camp Lehman closing the other four remaining prison camps: Camp Cusino
Camp Cusino
Camp Cusino was created in 1951. It is located one mile west of Shingleton, Michigan. The camp was officially called the Cusino Corrections Prison Work Camp and was part of the Corrections Conservation Prison Camp Program in the State of Michigan. The name Cusino was taken from a Civilian...
in Shingleton, Camp Kitwen in Painsedale, Camp Ottawa in Iron River
Iron River, Michigan
Iron River is a city in Iron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,929. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 population estimate for this city was 3,122....
, and Camp White Lake in White Lake Township
White Lake Township, Michigan
White Lake Charter Township is a charter township of north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, it is part of the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 30,019...
would also be closed. These closures signaled an end to the Corrections Camp Program.
Also, on June 5, 2009, Governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, and author who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor...
released a statement to the media to announce the State of Michigan would be closing the Hiawatha Correctional Facility, in Kincheloe
Kincheloe, Michigan
Kincheloe Air Force Base was a U.S. Air Force base during the Cold War. Built in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1943 during World War II, the base was in service until 1977....
; the Muskegon Correctional Facility
Muskegon Correctional Facility
Muskegon Correctional Facility is a closed prison of the Michigan Department of Corrections located in southeastern Muskegon, Michigan. The prison opened in 1974. Additional housing units opened since then to accommodate more prisoners....
, in Muskegon, MI; and the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility before November 1, 2009.
The last of the prisoners were transferred to other facilities on Friday, October 30, 2009.
Camp Lehman closed on October 31, 2009. Camp Lehman was the final prison camp
Prison camp
Prison camp may be:* Concentration or internment camp* Federal prison camp, low-security facility among those on list of U.S. federal prisons* Labor camp* Death or extermination camp* Prisoner-of-war camp...
opened in Michigan; and with its closure marked the end of the Corrections Camp Program in the State of Michigan.
Programs and services
Camp Lehman provided the following prisonerIncarceration
Incarceration is the detention of a person in prison, typically as punishment for a crime .People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within a larger system of...
programs: Adult Basic Education; General Education Development;http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_9747---,00.html a pre-release
Pre-Release
Pre-Release is the third EP by the American heavy metal band Motograter.-Track listing:# Faceless - 3:29# Nothing More - 3:20# Locos - 4:07# Salvation - 3:56# Lividity - 3:52-Personnel:*Michael "Angel" Woodruff - Lead Vocals...
program; substance abuse
Substance abuse
A substance-related disorder is an umbrella term used to describe several different conditions associated with several different substances .A substance related disorder is a condition in which an individual uses or abuses a...
treatment
Therapy
This is a list of types of therapy .* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aquatic therapy* Aromatherapy* Art and dementia* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy* Bibliotherapy* Buteyko Method* Chemotherapy...
; Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
& Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous is a twelve-step program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous describing itself as a "fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem," and it is the second-largest 12-step organization...
; Assaultive Offender Therapy http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_12798-201919--,00.html ; Thinking for A Change http://nicic.gov/T4C classes; parenting
Parenting
Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood...
classes; smoking cessation
Smoking cessation
Smoking cessation is the process of discontinuing the practice of inhaling a smoked substance. This article focuses exclusively on cessation of tobacco smoking; however, the methods described may apply to cessation of smoking other substances that can be difficult to stop using due to the...
classes; and group counseling and had a law library
Law library
A law library is a library designed to assist law students, attorneys, judges, and their law clerks and anyone else who finds it necessary to correctly determine the state of the law....
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/05_03_115_242618_7.pdf that provided services for prisoners from throughout Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
who were housed in Camps.
The camp had a Health Care Unithttp://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_11776---,00.html that provided prisoners access to a physician assistant
Physician assistant
A physician assistant/associate ' is a healthcare professional trained and licensed to practice medicine with limited supervision by a physician.-General description:...
, nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
, dental
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
and psychological services.http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-9741_9744-23249--,00.html
Recreation for the prisoners included a gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium; softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
field; outdoor basketball courts; outdoor handball court; weight pavilion; music room; in-room-hobbycraft
Hobbycraft
HobbyCraft is the registered trademark of HobbyCraft Group Ltd., an arts and crafts superstore chain.It is the largest chain of craft superstores in the United Kingdom, and the first of its kind in Europe. Craft shops are traditionally small and based on specific crafts, whereas HobbyCraft stocks...
;http://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/05_03_102_185536_7.pdf; walking/running track; and exercise stations.
Equipment for these leisure-time activities was provided by the Prisoner Benefit Fundhttp://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/04_02_110_242614_7.pdf which was funded directly from the prisoner store and other prisoner fundraising functions.
Camp Lehman also provided a variety of religious services http://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/05_03_150_261312_7.pdf overseen by the Prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
Chaplain
Chaplain
Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
at the Pugsley Correctional Facility
Pugsley Correctional Facility
Pugsley Correctional Facility is a Michigan minimum security prison operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections Correctional Facilities Administration , located outside Kingsley, Michigan, southeast of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County....
and aided by approved religious volunteer groups from the local community.