Programs and Services
Camp Lehman provided the following prisoner programs: Adult Basic Education; General Education Development; a pre-release program; substance abuse treatment; Alcoholics Anonymous & Narcotics Anonymous; Assaultive Offender Therapy ; Thinking for A Change classes; parenting classes; smoking cessation classes; and group counseling and had a law library that provided services for prisoners from throughout Michigan who were housed in Camps.
The camp had a Health Care Unit that provided prisoners access to a physician assistant, nursing, dental and psychological services.
Recreation for the prisoners included a gymnasium; softball field; outdoor basketball courts; outdoor handball court; weight pavilion; music room; in-room-hobbycraft;; walking/running track; and exercise stations.
Equipment for these leisure-time activities was provided by the Prisoner Benefit Fund which was funded directly from the prisoner store and other prisoner fundraising functions.
Camp Lehman also provided a variety of religious services overseen by the Prison Chaplain at the Pugsley Correctional Facility and aided by approved religious volunteer groups from the local community.
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