Records of adult and juvenile individuals discharged from Wisconsin correctional institutions, probation, or parole after July 1967. The Division of Corrections stopped filing probation records in this series after June 1978. Records after January 1, 1990 are for adult offenders only. The contents of each adult case file typically include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following documents: picture; face sheets; investigation requests; admission investigations; assessment and evaluation staffing -- Parole Board comments; staffing decision; guidance counselor report; security coordinator report; social worker report; test results; notification of sentence data; sentencing portion of court transcript; notice of parole hearing; parole planning information; pre-parole investigation; parole application information; Parole Board decision and comments; FBI rap sheets; master file card; program review recommendations and decisions; chronological history recording; request for release; order for transfer; notice of case status changes; probation/parole violation warrants; revocation order and warrant; teletypes; and related materials and correspondence. The contents of each juvenile case file include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following documents: picture, face sheets; investigation requests; admission investigations; social worker reports; department orders; court orders and determinations; reception center staffing recommendations; request for juvenile pre-parole; pre-parole investigations; juvenile offender review program progress review reports; program review summaries; quarterly progress reports; educational summaries; master file card; chronological history recording; order for transfer; notice of case status changes; revocation findings of fact and conclusions of law and order; Social Security benefit information; teletypes; and related materials and correspondence. The 1967-1977 files, which were weeded prior to microfilming, typically include a summary face sheet, a chronological history of the case, medical and psychiatric examination and treatment records, as well as administrative records relating to supervision and discharge. The original files exist for a small number of cases which were not microfilmed. They range from T129,300 to T253,749. References to these files are interfiled in the alphabetical microfiche version of the series.
