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Green Bay Correctional Institution

Coordinates: 44°28′16″N 88°02′17″W / 44.471°N 88.038°W / 44.471; -88.038
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Green Bay Correctional Institution
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LocationAllouez, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coordinates44°28′16″N 88°02′17″W / 44.471°N 88.038°W / 44.471; -88.038
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
Capacity749 males (operating)
Population1,097 males (as of FY 2008[1])
OpenedAugust 31, 1898
Managed byWisconsin Department of Corrections
DirectorWilliam Pollard
Wisconsin State Reformatory
Green Bay Correctional Institution is located in Wisconsin
Green Bay Correctional Institution
LocationSE corner of Riverside Dr. and SR 172, Allouez, Wisconsin
Area54 acres (21.9 ha)
Architectural styleItalianate, 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.

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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").

References

  1. ^ [1].
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.