United States · WI · Waupun
Waupun Correctional Institution
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Waupun Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Dodge County, Wisconsin. Rated capacity: 882. Reported population: 1,233. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
900
Current population
1,233
Occupancy
137%
Year opened
1851
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1851
Region
WI
Security level
Maximum
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.
Notable inmates
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 12/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 137% of design capacity
This facility scores 12. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 10 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData 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 (Q7975211)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Waupun Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/waupun-correctional-institution
"Waupun Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/waupun-correctional-institution.
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