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Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

Male prison in Boscobel, Wisconsin, United States

Summary

Male prison in Boscobel, Wisconsin, United States

Field	Value
prison_name	Wisconsin Secure Program Facility
image	Wisconsin Secure Program Facility.png
caption	WSPF photographed from Morrison Street in April 2022
location	1101 Morrison Drive
Boscobel, Wisconsin
status	Open
classification	Maximum
capacity	500
opened	November 1999
managed_by	Wisconsin Department of Corrections
warden	Gary Boughton
population	372

Boscobel, Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), originally the Supermax Correctional Institution, is a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison for men, located in Boscobel, Wisconsin, 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 24 acre site.

In October 2003, the prison was renamed to the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility.

In 2009, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (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 ().

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

(October 17, 2000). "Supermax Correctional Institution". [[Wisconsin Department of Corrections]].
(March 2020). "Boscobel city, Wisconsin". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
"Wisconsin Secure Program Facility". [[Wisconsin Department of Corrections]].
"Corrections at a glance / {{as written".
(2017). "Wisconsin Secure Program Facility annual report (FY 2017)".
Bauer, Scott. (October 26, 2009). "AP Files Lawsuit Over Video Of Grenade Detonation At Wisconsin Prison". [[The Huffington Post]].
(November 16, 2009). "Wisconsin Prison Releases Video of Grenade Attack". Fox News.

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