Fox Lake Correctional Institution

The Fox Lake Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men located in Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin, owned and operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.[1]

In 2008, the facility had a rated capacity of 691 inmates but an actual population of 1,033.[2]

In 2024, the facility's official capacity had increased to 979; however, the actual population had already grown to 1,365.

The facility first opened in September 1962.[3]

Notable inmates

  • Steven Avery, Serving a life sentence after his 2007 conviction for the first-degree intentional homicide of Teresa Halbach, a case later widely publicized in the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.

References

  1. ^ "Fox Lake Correctional Institution". Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Legislative Reference Bureau. 2007. p. 825. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Fox Lake Correctional Institution". Corrections.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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