The Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution is a
medium security
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prison located 10 miles west of
Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
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Wisconsin. The facility is located off
Wisconsin Highway 67
State Trunk Highway 67 (often called Highway 67, STH-67 or WIS 67) is a Wisconsin state highway running from the Wisconsin–Illinois state line east of Beloit north to U.S. Highway 151 (US 151) east of Chilton. With the inclusion of ...
just east of the
Sheboygan/
Fond du Lac County line.
History
The institution was opened in 1962 as the Wisconsin School for Boys, a juvenile facility. It was converted to an adult medium security prison in 1974 when
Lincoln Hills School was expanded.
References
External links
Moraine Correctional InstitutionLife In Wisconsin Prisons And Beyond
{{State prisons in Wisconsin
Prisons in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
1962 establishments in Wisconsin