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Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center in Outagamie County. 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)
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. [3]
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 warden and eight other staff members at a Wisconsin prison face charges in the death of two inmates in what a sheriff called a mockery of the state’s obligation and vow to take good care of ...
Price County was created on March 3, 1879, when Wisconsin Governor William E. Smith signed legislation creating the county. The county was later organized in 1882. [ 3 ] William T. Price (1824–1886), for whom Price County was named, [ 4 ] was President of the Wisconsin Senate and an early logger in Price County; he later was elected to the U ...
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.
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Taycheedah offers adult education, special education, and English as a second language classes to inmates. Inmates can also earn certificates from the nearby Moraine Park Technical College in one of three programs. Credits can be transferred to the Wisconsin Technical College System for continuing education. [2] The prison also offers ...