Buildings and Grounds
Columbia Correctional Institution's location in Wisconsin- Opened in 1986, $38.6 million
- Originally designed and built to house 450 inmates, one per cell, 541 design capacity plus modifications and expansions
- Count as of June 27, 2008 - 828
- Overcrowding has some inmates sleeping on the floor
- Overcrowding forced the construction of a 150 bed barracks in 1997 for minimum security inmates and conversion of many single bed cells into double bed cells.
- 12 total housing units - 6 general population, 2 SMU (Special Management Unit ), 2 segregation (plus one housing unit is half for SMU seg and reception and orientation houses min/med security seg if not put to DS2 or DS1), 1x 150 bed barracks, 1x 13 cell R&O (Reception & Orientation). The facility is stated to have ten living areas with 50 cells each and a 150 bed barracks.
- 110 acres (0.45 km2)
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