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WAUPUN – Wisconsin's oldest prison has been under continued scrutiny for lockdowns, inmate deaths, and now misconduct and abuse arrests. Between June 2023 and February 2024, four inmates died at ...
Milwaukee Women's Correctional Center (women's prison, capacity 112) McNaughton Correctional Center (capacity 102) Oregon Correctional Center (capacity 120) Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center (women's prison, capacity 333) Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center (capacity 70) St. Croix Correctional Center (capacity 120 male and 12 female)
On July 4, 1851, Governor Nelson Dewey selected the Waupun area to be the site of the Wisconsin State Prison. A temporary structure opened in 1851. It could hold a maximum of 40 inmates, and was intended to be used only until the completion of a wing of the main prison. By December 31, 1852, 27 inmates were held there.
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 ...
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The state Department of Corrections is investigating the prison’s operations, and the governor last year asked the U.S. Department of Justice to look into contraband smuggling at the facility.
The warden and eight other staff members at a Wisconsin prison face charges in the death of two ... Four inmates have died at Waupun since June 2023, when Dean Hoffman killed himself in solitary ...
The Department of Corrections also is facing a class action lawsuit, alleging “cruel and unusual” conditions at Waupun. Contact Vanessa Swales at 414-308-5881 or vswales@gannett.com . Follow ...