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Wisconsin Prison Commissioner (1853–1874) Wisconsin Prison Commission (1874–1881) Wisconsin Board of Supervision of Charitable, Reformatory and Penal Institutions (1881–1891) Wisconsin Board of Control of Reformatory, Charitable, and Penal Institutions (1891–1939) Division of Corrections, Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare (1939–1967)
The prison was originally known as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" (WSR). In 1972, WSR became an adult male, maximum-security prison. The name was changed to the Green Bay Correctional Institution on July 1, 1979. The prison was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" in 1990.
The Columbia Correctional Institution (CCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin. The operating capacity is 541. The average daily population for fiscal year 2018 was 830. [1]
In 1977 the Wisconsin Legislature proposed the construction of a new 300 prisoner medium security prison on the property of the Winnebago Correctional Farm, a prison farm which was, at the time, north of Oshkosh. The terms were written within the "Flad Report" six-year master plan that the legislature issued, and they were defined under Wis ...
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The prison is operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Groundbreaking occurred on June 18, 1999, and it opened on January 8, 2001. Boldt Construction Company built it for the state at a cost of $52.9 million. [1] The prison encompasses 89 acres of land, 22 acres of which are within the perimeter. [2]
The building that the prison is housed in was built in 1931, but remained vacant for 10 years until it became the Oregon School For Girls. [2] In 1976, the school was closed and converted into the Oakhill Correctional Institution. The facility is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] [3]
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