Wisconsin Department of Corrections
| Wisconsin Department of Corrections | |
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| Abbreviation | WDOC |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1851 |
| Employees | 10,000+ |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Wisconsin, USA |
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| Headquarters | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Agency executive | Jon Litscher, Secretary |
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| Institutions | 41 |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is an administrative department in the executive branch of the state of Wisconsin responsible for corrections in Wisconsin, including state prisons. As of February 29, 2016, the department is administered by Secretary Jon Litscher. The DOC secretary is a cabinet member appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin and confirmed by the Wisconsin Senate. Divisions of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections include: the Division of Juvenile Corrections, the Division of Adult Institutions, the Division of Community Corrections and Division of Management Services. It has its headquarters in Madison.
In June 2008, over 120 minimum-security supervised inmate workers were used to assist in filling sandbags and flood cleanup during the flooding.
The Division of Adult Institutions (DAI) oversees 20 adult facilities and the Bureau of Correctional Enterprises, the Bureau of Health Services and the Bureau of Offender Classification and Movement. The division also administers the Wisconsin Correctional Center System, which consists of 13 facilities statewide that assist inmates in reintegration to the community.
Male inmates entering the prison system first go to Dodge Correctional Institution before being given permanent assignments.
The division has juvenile facilities.
The "type 1 secured juvenile correctional facilities" (JCI) include:
The state also uses type 2 residential care facilities.
Facilities that are now closed include:
One of the functions of the Division of Community Corrections is the operation and maintenance of the Wisconsin sex offender registry program.
List of Wisconsin state prisons
Since the establishment of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, no officer has died in the line of duty.
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