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Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility
Reception / DetentionMediummaleOvercrowded (285%)ModerateHigh
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Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility is a state prison located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Rated capacity: 1,040. Reported population: 1,093. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility is a state prison for men located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is owned and operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The facility opened in October 2001 and holds 1,040 inmates at medium security. The building is located along Interstate 43 one block north of the Milwaukee County Courthouse, and diagonally across the street from the Milwaukee County Jail & Criminal Justice Facility. A 350-stall parking garage is also part of the facility.
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Capacity
384
Current population
1,093
Occupancy
285%
Year opened
2001
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
2001
Region
WI
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
30/100
Moderate concern30/100
- Overcrowding
- 30/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Extreme overcrowding at 285% of capacity
This facility scores 30. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 28 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 285% · peers avg: 93% (+207%)
Capacity (beds)this: 384 · peers avg: 547 (30%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wisconsin DOC — Prisons & Locations
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wisconsin DOC — Prisons & Locations — Wisconsin Department of Corrections
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446731)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/milwaukee-secure-detention-facility
Chicago
"Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/milwaukee-secure-detention-facility.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-milwaukee-secure-detention-,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/milwaukee-secure-detention-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}