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John C. Burke Correctional Center

Ms. Chris Krueger, Superintendent
900 South Madison St
PO Box 900
Waupun, WI 53963-0900
Phone (920) 324-3460
FAX (920) 324-4575 

The John C. Burke Correctional Center (JBCC) is named after the late John C. Burke who was Warden of the Wisconsin State Prison from 1938 to 1969. Warden Burke had an illustrious career, which saw many changes in how Corrections viewed its mission over the years. Warden Burke is credited with a number of major accomplishments, including establishing a disciplinary court system and developing the inmate classification system.

The forerunner of the John C. Burke Correctional Center was the Minimum Security Bunkhouse which at one time was administratively attached to the Waupun Correctional Institution. The Bunkhouse was separated from WCI in 1988 when it became part of the Wisconsin Correctional Center System and remains part of that system today.

The State broke ground in 1989 and JBCC was completed in July of 1990. For approximately ten years, the Center housed minimum security male inmates. The Center transitioned from a male facility to a female facility in October 2000. The Center is located inside the city limits of Waupun on Business 151 which is also Madison Street. The facility is situated on a site consisting of 12 acres and is a self-contained facility providing rooms for 250 females. All programs and public areas are handicap accessible. Rated capacity is 250, and emergency capacity is 280.

The Center employs over 50 staff. They range in classification from; food service, maintenance, social service, work release, security, administrative, health services and clinical.

The essential elements of risk reduction and critical success factors for inmates are:

  1. Stable employment
  2. Stable residence
  3. Alcohol/drug treatment
  4. Strong family ties
  5. Cognitive/behavioral intervention
  6. Education attainment

The Center focuses on these critical success factors by providing the following programs and services to inmates:

  • Work release
  • Community Service Project Crews
  • Education
  • Programming

The Center acts as a "gateway for inmates moving from secure to less secure incarceration as well as for those offenders being returned from the community in the "Alternative to Revocation" Program.

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03/20/09