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This is a list of state prisons in Wisconsin. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Wisconsin. Prisons
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WIDOC) is an administrative department in the executive branch of the state of Wisconsin responsible for corrections in Wisconsin, including state prisons and community supervision. The secretary is a cabinet member appointed by the governor of Wisconsin and confirmed by the Wisconsin Senate. [3]
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. 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.
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 Federal Correctional Institution, Oxford (FCI Oxford) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Wisconsin. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FCI Oxford is located in Adams County, in central Wisconsin, 60 miles north of Madison, the state capital. [1]
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 Fox Lake Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men located in Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin, owned and operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. [ 1 ] In 2008, the facility had a rated capacity of 691 inmates but an actual population of 1,033.
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 the fiscal year 2018 was 830. [1]