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Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI) is an adult male
The prison was originally known as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" (WSR). In 1972, WSR became an adult male, maximum-security prison. The name was changed to the Green Bay Correctional Institution on July 1, 1979.
The prison was listed on the
Green Bay Correctional Institution
Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Italianate architecture in Wisconsin Romanesque Revival architecture in Wisconsin 1898 establishments in Wisconsin Prisons in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Brown County, Wisconsin Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub
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correctional facility
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operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections
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Division of Adult Institutions in Allouez, Wisconsin
Allouez ( ) is a village in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 14,156 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Allouez is located between Green Bay to the north, ...
. The prison is located along the east bank of the Fox River.
History
The prison was originally known as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" (WSR). In 1972, WSR became an adult male, maximum-security prison. The name was changed to the Green Bay Correctional Institution on July 1, 1979.
The prison was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" in 1990.
In 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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involked the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
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in its ruling that the rights of a Muslim prisoner at Green Bay Correctional Institution were unlawfully violated when he was strip searched by a transgender male guard.
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Green Bay Correctional Institution
Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Italianate architecture in Wisconsin Romanesque Revival architecture in Wisconsin 1898 establishments in Wisconsin Prisons in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Brown County, Wisconsin Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub