Columbia Correctional Institution

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Columbia Correctional Institution, or CCI, is a males-only maximum-security correctional facility located in Portage, Wisconsin (USA).

[edit] Quick Facts

• Opened in 1986
• Originally designed and built to house 450 inmates
• Count as of January 2008 - 830
• Overcrowded to the point where some inmates are forced to sleep on the floor
• 12 total housing units - 6 general population, 2 SMU (Special Management Unit [psych]), 2 segregation, 1 barracks, 1 R&O (Reception & Orientation)
• 110 acres

[edit] High-Profile Residents

Some locally notorious individuals who have been incarcerated at CCI include:

• Filemon Amaro
• Jesse Anderson - Deceased
• Kim Brown
• Jeffrey Dahmer - Deceased
• James Oswald
• Christopher Scarver

[edit] External Links

• Columbia Correctional Institution
• CCI Annual Report - 2005
• Photos - CCI During Construction >>> Note - The top right photograph is backwards. The control door in all housing units "out back" is located on the right, not the left.
• Wisconsin Department of Corrections
• WIDOC DAI Annual Report - 2005 >>> Note - The staff to inmate ratio cited for CCI does not accurately reflect the actual ratio "out back". The correct figure is closer to two staff for every 80 inmates.
• Prison Talk - Wisconsin Subforum