Green Bay Correctional Institution

Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Allouez, Wisconsin. The prison is located along the east bank of the Fox River.

Green Bay Correctional Institution

Location	Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coordinates	44.471°N 88.038°W / 44.471; -88.038
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum
Capacity	749 males (operating)
Population	1,008 males (as of 08/14/2020[1])
Opened	August 31, 1898
Managed by	Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Director	Christopher Stevens
Wisconsin State Reformatory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	SE corner of Riverside Dr. and SR 172, Allouez, Wisconsin
Area	29 acres (11.7 ha)[2]
Architect	Ferry & Clas
Architectural style	Italianate, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	90000641[3]

History

Watchtower

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 as the "Wisconsin State Reformatory" in 1990.

In 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit invoked the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act 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.^[4]