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The modern Wisconsin Department of Corrections was created by a chapter of the executive budget of 1989 (1989 Wisc. Act 31) and began operating January 1, 1990. [7] In June 2008, over 120 minimum-security supervised inmate workers were used to assist in filling sandbags and flood cleanup during the flooding.
The correctional centers system contains 16 relatively small minimum-security facilities, two of which house female inmates. [1] Black River Correctional Center [1] (capacity 114) Drug Abuse Correctional Center (capacity 300) Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center (capacity 100) Flambeau Correctional Center (capacity 80)
It is owned and operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. [1] The facility opened in October 2001 and holds 1,040 inmates at medium security. The building is located along Interstate 43 one block north of the Milwaukee County Courthouse, and diagonally across the street from the Milwaukee County Jail & Criminal Justice Facility.
The warden at a troubled Wisconsin prison will step down later this month amid lockdown conditions, an ongoing federal investigation and multiple inmate deaths. Waupun Correctional Institution ...
Racine Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison and one of the 36 adult correctional institutions in Wisconsin, houses 11,000 books, according to Beth Hardtke, director of communications ...
The Jackson Correctional Institution is a medium-security prison for adult males located in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. As of 2023, the prison had a population of 1,003 inmates, with an operating capacity of 837, and 292 staff. It is owned and maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The facility was first opened in 1996. [1] [2]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Guards at Wisconsin's oldest maximum-security prison failed to provide basic care for inmates who died on their watch, including one who died of dehydration and another who ...
On June 17, 1996, the first female prisoner was admitted to DCI making it the only reception center for both male and female adult felons committed to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. DCI served as the reception center for both male and female inmates until December 1, 2004, when the female reception center moved to the Taycheedah ...