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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)
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 Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), originally the Supermax Correctional Institution, [1] is a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison for men, located in Boscobel, Wisconsin, US. [2] [3] The facility is located east of central Boscobel, off of Wisconsin Highway 133. [1] The prison has a capacity of 500.
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 ...
The Brown County Sheriff's Department said in a news release Wednesday that deputies were called to the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a ...
It has an area of 27 acres (11 ha) inside the perimeter fence. Columbia Correctional Institution opened in May 1986, with an original capacity of 450 inmates housed in single bed cells. In 1997, a 150-bed barracks was constructed for minimum security inmates and over time many of the single bed cells have been converted to double bed cells.
Wisconsin must reduce prison to ease chronic overcrowding Finally, the state must reduce the overall prison population. Our prisons, designed to hold approximately 17,600 persons, currently exceed ...