Green Bay Correctional Institution

Green Bay Correctional Institution
Location Allouez, Wisconsin, U.S.
Status Operational
Security class Maximum
Capacity 749 males (operating)
Population 1,097 males (as of FY 2008[1])
Opened August 31, 1898
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Director William Pollard

Green Bay Correctional Institution, (GBCI), is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Allouez, Wisconsin. The prison is located along the east bank of the Fox River. The prison was originally known as the Wisconsin State Reformatory (WSR). In 1972, WSR became an adult male, maximum-security prison. The name was changed to the Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI) on July 1, 1979.

It was listing on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" in 1990.

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