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Main Phone :(920) 432-4877
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Fax Number:(920) 432-5388

Web Page:  http://www.wi-doc.com/greenbay.htm
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Operating Agency:		Green Bay Correctional Institution
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Hours:		Business hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 4:30pm Open 24 hours for inmates.
Eligibility:		N/A
Fees Charges:		N/A
Intake Process:		N/A
Language Spoken or Available:		English
Service Area:		Northeast Wisconsin

Program/Service Description:
The Green Bay Correctional Institution is a maximum-security correctional facility that is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions. It is centrally located in Brown County between Green Bay, De Pere and the Fox and East Rivers. Correspondence to Inmates, NO MONEY: Green Bay Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 19033, Green Bay WI 54307-9033 Inmate Money: Funds sent to GBCI must be in the form of a money order or Cashier's check. Funds will only be deposited if they are sent to: Green Bay Correctional Institution P.O. Box 19028, Green Bay WI 54307-9028 SECURITY LEVEL: Maximum OPERATING CAPACITY: 724 Males CURRENT POPULATION: 1066 DATE OPENED: 1898 NUMBER OF ACRES: 29 SPECIAL UNITS: Mainstream Unit NUMBER OF SECURITY STAFF: 251 NUMBER OF NON-SECURITY STAFF: 119.5 INMATE PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL: Cabinet making, Building Trades/Masonry, Barbering/Cosmetology, Graphic Arts, Painting and Refinishing. OTHER: Work Programs – maintenance, food service, institution stores, yard crew, bathroom, clothing and linen exchange, carpentry, painting, library, masonry, health services, janitor, clerk and messenger, Sex Offender Group, Alcoholics Anonymous, Self Help – Life Management Skills, Cognitive Intervention Challenger and Possibilities. Blood-Related to Inner-City Children through K "Communications" – inmate group providing information for at risk youth. SPECIAL HISTORICAL NOTES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION GBCI, authorized by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1897, began operation in 1898, as the Wisconsin State Reformatory. The original parcel of land consisted of approximately 200 acres. By 1922, the facilities included the North Cell Hall, the Main Administration Building and the South Cell Hall. In 1923, a concrete wall was erected to encompass the main compound of the Reformatory, whose name was changed to the Green Bay Correctional Institution on July 1, 1979. GBCI is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

This information is maintained and was last updated on 10/31/2008 by Brown County United Way.

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