Green Bay Correctional Institution
Appearance
Location | Allouez, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 44°28′16″N 88°02′17″W / 44.471°N 88.038°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 749 males (operating) |
Population | 1,097 males (as of FY 2008[1]) |
Opened | August 31, 1898 |
Managed by | Wisconsin Department of Corrections |
Director | William Pollard |
Wisconsin State Reformatory | |
Location | SE corner of Riverside Dr. and SR 172, Allouez, Wisconsin |
Area | 54 acres (21.9 ha) |
Architectural style | Italianate, Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 90000641[2] |
Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Allouez, Wisconsin. The prison is located along the east bank of the Fox River. 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 (GBCI) on July 1, 1979.
It was listing on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" in 1990.
Known inmates
- Eric Hainstock- Perpetrator of the Weston High School shooting
- James Nichols - Killer of Hmong deer hunter in 2007.
- Brendan Dassey - Convicted murderer of Teresa Halbach with supposed accomplice Steven Avery, 2007 ("Making a Murderer").
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- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- Italianate architecture in Wisconsin
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Wisconsin
- 1898 establishments in Wisconsin
- Prisons in Wisconsin
- Buildings and structures in Brown County, Wisconsin
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- United States prison stubs
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs