List of Wisconsin state prisons

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Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility

This is a list of state prisons in Wisconsin. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Wisconsin.

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Prisons

Correctional centers

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Powers Correctional Center

The correctional centers system contains 16 relatively small minimum-security facilities, three of which house female inmates. [1]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Columbia Correctional Institution (Wisconsin)</span> Maximum-security prison in Portage, Wisconsin, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lowell Correctional Institution</span> Prison in Florida, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dodge Correctional Institution</span> Maximum security prison in Wisconsin

Dodge Correctional Institution(DCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Waupun, Wisconsin, US. The facility was converted from the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane to an adult correctional facility in 1977 at a cost of $2.47 million of general obligation bonds, as authorized by Chapter 29 of the Laws of 1977. The first two inmates were transferred from the nearby Waupun Correctional Institution to DCI on May 15, 1978. On October 29, 1993, ground was broken for a $45 million expansion which more than doubled the size of the facility. On June 17, 1996, the first female prisoner was admitted to DCI making it the only reception center for both male and female adult felons committed to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. DCI served as the reception center for both male and female inmates until December 1, 2004, when the female reception center moved to the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. DCI also serves as the central medical center for the division, providing both in-patient and out-patient care for male and female inmates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs</span>

State Correctional Institution (SCI) Cambridge Springs is a minimum-security correctional facility for females in Cambridge Springs, in Crawford County in northwestern Pennsylvania. The majority of the inmates housed here are nearing their release from prison.

References

  1. 1 2 "Wisconsin Correctional Center System". Wisconsin Department of Corrections.