Case files, 1933-1940.

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Case files, 1933-1940.

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Institutional records of men who entered the Wisconsin State Prison between January 1933 and December 1940.

18.0 c.f. (18 record center cartons)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6842698

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin State Prison

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The Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun was opened in July 1851. It was under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Supervisors (WIHV87-A1267) in 1881, then the State Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106) in 1891. Until the opening of the Women's Prison at Taycheedah (see WIHV88-A50) in 1933, it served as a maximum security facility for both men and women and since then for men only. In 1939, the prison became part of the newly created Department of Public Welfare's (WIHV85-A488) Division of Corrections...