INTRODUCTION
Gordon Correctional Center
is the northernmost Center of the Wisconsin Correctional Center System, and is located
approximately 2 1/2 miles southeast of the Village of Gordon on County Road "G",
in an annex of the Brule River State Forest.
The main Center building is a single
story, multi-wing, concrete block, stucco faced structure. This building houses the inmate
population, food service, laundry, canteen, indoor recreation rooms and the Administrative
Offices.
The Center has a rated
capacity of 54, but can accommodate up to 80 male inmates.
Camp Gordon, as it was first known, was
built in 1932, and used to relieve overcrowding at the Wisconsin State Prison in Waupun.
Gordon began as a forestry camp. The inmates produce much of the own food on the Camps
farm and in the gardens. They also worked in the forest and adjacent tree nursery operated
by the Wisconsin Conservation Department.
PROGRAMS
Gordon Center
currently is a Tier One facility, which is designed
to help prepare the inmate for work release at a
faiclity in or closer to the community in which they will eventyually
be released. Therefore, all programs at the Center are designed to
help prepare the inmate for successful reintegration to the community
by providing
needed education, treatment programming and
to instill positive work and behavioral habits.
Educational Programs: ABE/HSED,
Adult Drivers Education, Van Driver Training and Certification, and
Chainsaw Safety Training. Most students attend school the entire day,
however part-time classes are offered for students with that need.
Work Educational Programs: Carpentry Crew
and Wood Refinishing/Mobile home Refurbishing Crew. Both programs provide basic and
advanced carpentry/woodworking training and experience but have no degrees or
certifications attached.
Treatment Programs
provided are: Individual counseling,
Cognitive Intervention Program (CGIP) and Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse
(AODA) Level 5B 16-week treatment program and/or other drug abuse
support groups.
Work assignments: Off-grounds utility crew
which includes tree cutting, brushing roadsides, painting, disaster/emergency cleanup,
etc. Work is also performed for local and state government agencies, schools, and
non-profit organizations; food services, maintenance, janitorial, grounds care and
maintenance, garden worker, clerk and educational tutors.
The Center also offers
a work release program with a local employer. Employment is provided
for 12 qualified inmates on the third shift
sanitation crew of a local meat processing plant.
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Women's Centers are under
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