Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill for the possible reuse of a state prison that closed in the Upper Peninsula in 2018.
The new law authorizes the state to sell the Ojibway prison to a private owner or other units of government.
The 125-acre property is in Gogebic County’s Marenisco Township. Sen. Ed McBroom says the prison's closure was a great loss for the local economy.
More than 200 people worked at Ojibway. Former Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration closed the prison, citing a smaller overall prison population and other factors.
