General Info:
Established in 1848, the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections oversees the state s penal system. It provides supervision and collaboration with community partners to assist offenders to re-education themselves and re-enter society as a productive member. The department has a team of probation and parole agents who supervise offenders in the community and provide investigative services to the courts. The State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections maintains a juvenile corrections division that provides correctional supervision and offers programs and services to youths. Its adult institutions division oversees 20 adult correctional facilities and three bureaus. The division is also responsible for the administration of the Wisconsin Correctional Center System, a state prison which encompasses 16 correctional centers located throughout the state housing approximately 2,150 inmates. The systems correctional centers offer programming which includes basic education, alcohol and drug counseling, cognitive intervention, work experience and work release. The department maintains an office in Sturtevant, Wis.