Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility (MTU)

The Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility was named after the prison's first warden. The philosophy of MTU is that a prisoner who has completed the GED and learned a marketable skill has a much better chance of becoming a contributing member of society. The facility houses general population prisoners, along with other prisoners who have been placed in the Adaptive Skills Residential Program (ASRP) and the Residential Treatment Program (RTP). The ASRP is for prisoners who have significant limitations in adaptive functioning due to a developmental disability or chronic brain disorder. The RTP is for Prisoners with a mental illness, whose mental health needs cannot be managed in a general population setting. These prisoners require medication, group and individual treatment for symptom management and improvement.