Waupun Correctional Institution

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The Waupun Correctional Institution is a maximum security penitentiary on the outskirts of Waupun, Wisconsin. The prison is currently under the command of warden Phil Kingston.

On July 4, 1851, Governor Nelson Dewey chose the Waupun area to be the site of the state's penitentiary. The first building was completed in 1854, and is still in use today as the South Cell Hall. Many additions were made over the years in 1855, 1906, 1913, 1940 and 1998. The prison was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the "Wisconsin State Prison Historic District" in 1992.[1]

Although the prison is designed to 882 men, as of 2005 it held 1,240.[2]