Wisconsin Home for Women clippings scrapbooks, 1927-1951.

Wisconsin Industrial Home for Women.

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Wisconsin. Division of Corrections

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Chapter 435, Laws of 1939 created a new State Dept. of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488) with a Division of Corrections and transferred to that division the functions of the former Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106) relating to the administration of the state's penal institutions. With the reorganization act of 1967, the Division of Corrections was placed in the new Dept. of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674). The Division was abolished on January 1, 1990, and its responsibilities for...

Wisconsin. State Board of Control

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The State Board of Control was created by Chapter 221, Laws of 1891, as the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions. It assumed the duties of the former State Board of Charities and Reform (WIHV88-A416) and the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions (WIHV87-A1267). The State Board of Control was abolished as an independent agency in 1939 and its functions were assumed by divisions of the newl...

Wisconsin Home for Women

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The Wisconsin Home for Women was created by Chapter 343, Laws of 1945, through the consolidation of the Industrial Home for Women (WIHV88-A47) with the Prison for Women (WIHV88-A50). It was under the control of the State Department of Public Welfare's (WIHV85-A488) Division of Corrections (WIHV85-A281). In 1967, the supervision of the home was transferred to the Department of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674). In July 1976, the Home for Women became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution...