Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), originally the Supermax Correctional Institution,^[1] is a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison for men, located in Boscobel, Wisconsin, US.^[2][3] The facility is located east of central Boscobel, off of Wisconsin Highway 133.^[1]

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

WSPF photographed from Morrison Street in April 2022
Location	1101 Morrison Drive Boscobel, Wisconsin
Status	Open
Security class	Maximum
Capacity	500
Population	372
Opened	November 1999
Managed by	Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Warden	Gary Boughton

The prison has a capacity of 500. As of November 2022, the population is 372.^[4]

History

In November 1999, the WSPF opened as the Supermax Correctional Institution on a 24-acre (9.7 ha) site.^[1]

In October 2003, the prison was renamed to the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility.^[5]

In 2009, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WIDOC), trying to force the agency to release a video of an explosion of a stinger grenade launched into a prisoner's cell.^[6] The video was eventually released, the AP was awarded legal fees, and the inmate settled an excessive force lawsuit with WIDOC for US$49,000 (equivalent to $71,817 in 2024).^[7]

See also

• List of Wisconsin state prisons

Notable inmates

• Christopher Scarver (1999–2001; now at Centennial Correctional Facility in Colorado)
• Eric Hainstock, perpetrator of the 2006 Weston High School shooting
• Darrell E. Brooks Jr., perpetrator of the 2021 Waukesha parade attack