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Dane County Jail

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Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

WI

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

The Dane County Jail utilized robots emitting high-intensity ultraviolet light for disinfection purposes. These devices operated continuously, moving from room to room 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting in late March.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

The facility implemented continuous UV-C robot disinfection protocols in late March to combat coronavirus.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Reports

  • marshall-project13 May 2020

    Michigan. Larry Perez/Skytron A robot emits high-intensity ultraviolet light in a booking room at the Kent County Jail in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Larry Perez/Skytron At the Dane County Jail in Madison, Wisconsin, robots that look like fancy space heaters have rolled from room to room 24 hours a day, seven days a week, since the end of March. The devices emit high-intensity ultraviolet light, a

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26%

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@misc{worldprisons-dane-county-jail,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Dane County Jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dane-county-jail},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}