[FedCom] Federal Correctional Center in Milan, Michigan TRS

[Ken]

Hello Jeff:

Well a quick websearch reveals the following:
Proper name:  Federal Correctional Institution FCI Milan (MI)

Webinfo:
http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/mil/index.jsp
(Very brief information on facility with a small picture of basically the 
sign & buildings in the distance, as well as the description for Prison 
Types & General Information)

http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/mil/MIL_visit_hours.pdf  (gives 
some insight into the operation, including visitor hours).

Locally I don't have a federal prison next to me BUT do have a County 
jail/correctional facility (adjecent to the main runway at Westover JARB in 
an area that once stored & maintained "special" weapons) that I monitor & 
generally radio comms include:  Special Response Teams for various 
emergencies/alarms; Inmate Count Notifications (results are called in via 
telephone), & announcements to send inmates to various work details or 
programs.  Generally any other communications (long conversations) appear to 
be done via the internal telephone system.  I also think the maintenance 
personnel utilize a separate radio system. Inbound prison transport vehicles 
use a statewide trunked system BUT also have access to cellphones.   Also at 
times there's encryption used on one of the internal radio nets.

So it's very possible that overall much of the normal communications is done 
internally by telephone & only the emergency type responses would be via 
radio alert.  So unless you are within fixed monitoring range & spend 
significant time monitoring, versus passing through, you might not hear 
anything.

We don't get much posting to the group on any comms monitored at BOP 
facilities.

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <at649 at tcnet.org>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
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Cc: <trunkcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:15 PM
Subject: [FedCom] Federal Correctional Center in Milan, Michigan TRS


> Hi everyone, I had the chance to go through the area near Milan, Michigan, 
> and had the chance to hear and monitor the Motorola type II trunked system 
> that is in use at the federal correctional center there.  I didn't hear 
> much on there, and I was just wondering if that is normal?  I know that it 
> is Sunday, but is that typical of this and other systems like this in 
> federal prisons?  I have only been able to monitor that system when I have 
> had band openings but like I said I was near there today on the way to see 
> my cousin at college.
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