Newberry Correctional Facility Inmate Search

Newberry Correctional Facility Overview

Newberry Correctional Facility is operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections in Pentland Township, Luce County. MDOC identifies it as a Security Level I prison for male prisoners age 18 and older. The facility is not a Luce County jail, not the sheriff's local booking counter, and not the Alger County Jail housing agreement site. It is the correct facility page when an OTIS profile shows Newberry as the assigned MDOC location.

MDOC's facility page lists Warden Donald Curley, the public telephone number, a general questions and visiting-applications email address, and the facility's prison programs and security description. Because Newberry is a state prison, visitation, money, mail, classification, and record access follow MDOC rules rather than county-jail procedures. A recent Luce County arrestee will usually be researched through the sheriff, Alger County Jail, court, and FOIA channels first; Newberry becomes relevant after a prison sentence or MDOC supervision placement.

The official MDOC facility source is captured below. Check MDOC's Newberry Correctional Facility page for current public facility information.

This source is matched to the prison page because it documents the facility's MDOC status, capacity, programs, contact email, and prison-specific operating context.

Newberry Correctional Facility Capacity and Population

MDOC's Newberry facility page lists 1,104 general population beds plus four temporary holding cells, for 1,108 total beds. Prison Policy Initiative's correctional-population table, using BJS 2012 source data, lists 1,076 state prisoners at Newberry Correctional Facility on June 30, 2012. Those two figures serve different purposes: MDOC gives the current bed count captured in the research, while the PPI/BJS table is a dated population snapshot.

Statewide context also matters. MDOC's May 7, 2025 press release reported 32,778 incarcerated individuals statewide at the end of calendar year 2024, down from a 2007 peak of 51,554. That statewide trend should not be treated as a daily Newberry count, but it explains why a Luce County inmate-population search can include both local jail custody and a major state-prison population.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Newberry Correctional Facility

Use MDOC OTIS for Newberry Correctional Facility. OTIS is the public offender-search system for people previously or currently under MDOC jurisdiction or supervision, including Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, interstate compact cases, escapees, and absconders. It is not a county jail roster and should not be used as the first tool for a fresh Luce County arrest unless the person is already in MDOC custody.

1. Open MDOC OTIS and read the terms and limitations before accepting the search page.
2. Search by legal name, or use the MDOC number if it is known from court, prison, or family paperwork.
3. Open the matching profile and confirm the assigned location says Newberry Correctional Facility.
4. Review status, sentence, earliest release date, maximum discharge date, security level, and offense fields, then verify critical details with MDOC, the court, or MSP ICHAT as appropriate.

OTIS records can show a photo, MDOC number, SID number, name, racial identification, gender, hair, eyes, height, weight, date of birth, current status, assigned location, aliases, marks, scars, tattoos, sentence fields, MCL numbers, court file number, and conviction information. It does not display housing unit, cell assignment, medical detail, victim information, internal discipline, home address, or full court documents.

Newberry Correctional Facility Address and Contact

Contact Newberry Correctional Facility for prison-specific questions, visiting applications, and facility routing after OTIS confirms the prisoner is assigned there. Do not call the Luce County sheriff expecting a county roster entry for a sentenced MDOC prisoner.

Visiting Someone at Newberry Correctional Facility

Newberry visitation follows MDOC prison procedures, not county-jail walk-in assumptions. The captured MDOC page provides the facility email for general questions and visiting applications, but it did not include a full public schedule in the captured text. Before traveling, confirm that the prisoner is still assigned to Newberry, that the visitor is approved, that the visit is scheduled or permitted under current MDOC rules, and that the visitor can meet identification, dress, property, and screening requirements.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Newberry Correctional Facility

Use MDOC state-prison rules for mail, phone, deposits, and commissary, and confirm current procedures through MDOC family resources or the facility contact. The captured Newberry page did not publish a deposit fee table, phone-rate table, tablet vendor, publication limits, or full mail format. Because state-prison rules differ from county-jail rules, do not send funds through Luce County GovPayNow or Alger County JailATM for someone whose OTIS profile places them at Newberry.

When confirming mail or money details, ask whether the prisoner's full name, MDOC number, housing location, sender return address, and approved-vendor rules are required. Legal mail, books, photos, packages, and publications may have separate handling rules from ordinary correspondence.

Reception and Classification at Newberry Correctional Facility

Newberry does not perform street-arrest booking for Luce County cases. A person reaches MDOC custody after sentencing or another MDOC jurisdiction event, then appears in OTIS if the record falls within the system's coverage rules. Prison intake and classification focus on sentence documentation, identity, security level, medical and mental-health needs, programming needs, facility assignment, and supervision status. That is different from county booking, where the immediate questions route first to the Luce County Sheriff's Department or regional jail housing contact.

OTIS terms warn users to verify important details because projected release dates, locations, and statuses can change. If a court case is still active, use MiCOURT, the 92nd District Court, the 11th Circuit Court, or the Luce County Prosecutor's Office for filed charges and docket events. If a public criminal-history record is needed, MSP ICHAT is a separate state criminal-history search with its own exclusions.

About Newberry Correctional Facility

MDOC states that Newberry Correctional Facility opened in 1996 and was formerly part of the Newberry Regional Mental Health Center. The facility offers adult basic education, high school equivalency preparation, Title I services for prisoners under 22, digital learning, welding vocational programming with NCCER and American Welding Society credentials, substance-abuse treatment intervention, core cognitive intervention, violence-prevention intervention, AA and NA groups, law library, recreation, music, barber services, religious options, self-help classes, and self-help library access.

Medical and mental-health services are documented as on-site routine medical, dental, optical, and mental-health care, with serious problems and emergencies treated at or referred to area hospitals and clinics. The security description includes a buffer fence, double chain-link fences, razor-ribbon wire, electronic detection, an armed patrol vehicle, contraband-detection measures, and metal detectors. The prison also provides housing and training for shelter dogs through a local shelter program.