Prison Name: | Wisconsin Secure Program Facility |
Location: | 1101 Morrison Drive Boscobel, Wisconsin |
Status: | Open |
Classification: | Maximum |
Capacity: | 500 |
Opened: | November 1999 |
Managed By: | Wisconsin Department of Corrections |
Warden: | Gary Boughton |
Population: | 372 |
The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), originally the Supermax Correctional Institution,[1] is a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison for men, located in Boscobel, Wisconsin, US.[2] [3] The facility is located east of central Boscobel, off of Wisconsin Highway 133.
The prison has a capacity of 500. As of November 2022, the population is 372.[4]
In November 1999, the WSPF opened as the Supermax Correctional Institution on a 24acres site.
In October 2003, the prison was renamed to the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility.[5]
In 2009, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against WIDOC, trying to force the agency to release a video of an explosion of a stinger grenade launched into a prisoner's cell.[6] The video was eventually released, the AP was awarded legal fees, and the inmate settled an excessive force lawsuit with the Wisconsin DOC for US$49,000 .[7]