Notable Inmates
- Johnson VanDyke Grigsby: confined for 66 years at the M.C. Prison for murder from 1908 to 1974. (Country music star Johnny Cash would subsequently write a song about Grigsby entitled "Michigan City Howdy Do.")
- Gregory Scott Johnson: controversial inmate who wanted to donate his liver after his execution
- Alan Matheney: convicted murderer executed in Indiana
- James Clark (criminal): Depression-era outlaw and bank robber
- D. C. Stephenson: former Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and convicted rapist
- Orville Lynn Majors: licensed practical nurse convicted of 6 murders in Clay County, Indiana while working at Vermillion County Hospital from 1993-1995.
- John Dillinger: bank robber
- The following associates of Dillinger also spent time in Michigan City:
- Homer Van Meter: also an associate of Baby Face Nelson
- John "Red" Hamilton: a Canadian, also known as "Three-fingered Jack" because he lost two fingers on his right hand in a sledding accident
- Charles Makley
- Harry Pierpont
- Russell Clark
- Ed Shouse
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