Oshkosh
Correctional Institution
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Ms. Judy Smith, Warden
1730 West Snell Rd, PO Box 3530
Oshkosh, WI 54903-3530
Phone: 920-231-4010 Fax: 920-236-2615 / 2626
Inmate Mail:
PO Box 3310 (zip 54903-3310)
Inmate
Visiting Procedures
INSTITUTION MISSION STATEMENT
To protect society from unwarranted acts, both now and in the future, which may be
committed by offenders referred to us for the purpose of rehabilitation. The primary way
we can fulfill that responsibility, as far as the future is concerned, is through a
program of "productive adjustment."
SPECIAL HISTORICAL NOTES &
OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION
A new medium security prison was first proposed in 1977, by the "Flad Report"
- a six year master plan commissioned by the Legislature. Wis. Stat. 301.16(lm)
designated. . ." the 300 bed medium security institution shall be the Oshkosh
Correctional Institution (OSCI), located north of the city of Oshkosh at the site of the
DOC Winnebago Correctional Farm." Construction was started in the fall of 1984, and
OSCI was activated to receive inmates in September 1986. In order to make room for the
many expansion projects to the institution, the Winnebago State Prison Farm was razed and
relocated to Waupun. All OSCI property was annexed to the City of Oshkosh. OSCI
presently has a rated bed capacity of 1,494 and in 1996, reached an inmate population over
1,800.
