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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.
This is a list of state prisons in Wisconsin. ... (women's prison, capacity 898) Waupun Correctional Institution; ... two of which house female inmates. [1]
Waupun, Wisconsin, US: Status: Operational: Security class: Maximum: Capacity: 1,165 males (operating) Population: 1,597 males (as of FY 2023 [1]) Opened: 1978: Former name: Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane: Managed by: Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions: Warden: Jason Benzel [2]
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 ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — 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 ...
Republican legislators renewed their calls Wednesday for Evers to close the prison in Waupun as well as another maximum-security prison in Green Bay. Both prisons were built in the 1800s.
In the wake of the charges, state lawmakers have again brought up the idea of closing the prison in Waupun and building a new facility. But such a move is complicated and costly. But such a move ...
The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018.