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Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI) is an adult male
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operated by the
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Division of Adult Institutions in
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. The prison is located along the east bank of the Fox River.


History

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
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as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" in 1990. In 2022, the
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involked the
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in its ruling that the rights of a Muslim prisoner at Green Bay Correctional Institution were unlawfully violated when he was strip searched by a transgender male guard.


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