The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), originally the
Supermax
A super-maximum security (supermax) or administrative maximum (ADX) prison is a "control-unit" prison, or a unit within prisons, which represents the most secure level of custody in the prison systems of certain countries.
The objective is to ...
Correctional Institution,
is a
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WIDOC) is an administrative department in the executive branch of the state of Wisconsin responsible for corrections in Wisconsin, including state prisons and community supervision. The secretary is a cab ...
prison for men, located in
Boscobel, Wisconsin
Boscobel ( ) is a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2020 census. Approximately 0.6 mi. (1 km) to the north of the city, across a riparian swamp, is the Wisconsin River. U.S. Route 61 cross ...
, US.
The facility is located east of central Boscobel, off of
Wisconsin Highway 133.
The prison has a capacity of 500. As of November 2022, the population is 372.
History
In November 1999, the WSPF opened as the Supermax Correctional Institution on a site.
In October 2003, the prison was renamed to the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility.
In 2009, the
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
filed a lawsuit against the
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WIDOC) is an administrative department in the executive branch of the state of Wisconsin responsible for corrections in Wisconsin, including state prisons and community supervision. The secretary is a cab ...
(WIDOC), trying to force the agency to release a video of an explosion of a stinger grenade launched into a prisoner's cell.
The video was eventually released, the AP was awarded legal fees, and the inmate settled an excessive force lawsuit with WIDOC for US$49,000 ().
See also
*
List of Wisconsin state prisons
Notable inmates
*
Christopher Scarver (1999–2001; now at
Centennial Correctional Facility in Colorado)
* Eric Hainstock, perpetrator of the
2006 Weston High School shooting
*
Darrell E. Brooks Jr., perpetrator of the
2021 Waukesha parade attack
References
External links
*
Wisconsin Secure Program Facility"
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WIDOC) is an administrative department in the executive branch of the state of Wisconsin responsible for corrections in Wisconsin, including state prisons and community supervision. The secretary is a cab ...
.
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Prisons in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Grant County, Wisconsin
1999 establishments in Wisconsin