Wisconsin Secure Program Facility Inmate Search

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility Overview

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility, often shortened to WSPF, is operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions. It is located in Boscobel and is a maximum-security state prison. The official DOC page lists Warden Paula J. Stoudt, the Boscobel address, phone number, fax number, and links to visiting information, handbooks, and WSPF-specific notices. WSPF is physically inside Grant County, but it is not operated by the Grant County Sheriff's Office.

The official DOC purpose statement describes WSPF as a facility that safely and humanely houses, manages, and controls inmates classified maximum custody while providing opportunities to acquire skills needed for possible movement to less secure correctional environments. The facility information states that WSPF houses general population inmates, restrictive housing inmates, and inmates in administrative confinement. That is a prison classification and management role, not a county booking function.

The official Wisconsin DOC WSPF page is the source for the facility address, warden listing, phone, fax, purpose statement, and WSPF resource links.

This source link separates WSPF from Grant County Jail and points users to the agency that actually controls state-prison custody.

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility Capacity and Population

High-authority facility references report a 500-person capacity for Wisconsin Secure Program Facility. The official DOC page reviewed for this project describes WSPF's maximum-security role, housing types, address, and operational purpose, but it did not show a current population count or capacity figure in visible HTML. For that reason, capacity can be presented as a reference figure, while current population should not be invented. The safer current-custody path is to use the DOC locator for a specific person and then confirm facility rules with WSPF or DOC.

WSPF affects the wider Grant County inmate population because it places a state prison inside the county. It should still be counted separately from the Grant County Jail population in Lancaster. A person arrested in Grant County may begin in the county jail, appear in Grant County Circuit Court, and later enter DOC custody after sentencing. Once the person is in DOC custody, the Wisconsin DOC locator, not a sheriff roster, becomes the relevant public search system.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

Use the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator for WSPF, not the Grant County Jail phone line as the first search tool. The DOC locator welcome page states that it covers convicted offenders sentenced to incarceration, supervision, or both with DOC. It also states that information can change quickly and may not reflect true current location, status, release date, or other details. The locator does not cover people sentenced only to county jail, adjudicated juveniles, or every possible person of interest to the Department of Justice.

1. Open the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator Public welcome page.
2. Complete the reCAPTCHA and select the agreement step required by the DOC system.
3. Search with the person's legal name or DOC identifying information where available.
4. Review the result for DOC custody or supervision status and facility location, then confirm that Wisconsin Secure Program Facility is the listed facility.
5. Use WCCA separately for the court case that led to the sentence, because court records and prison custody records answer different questions.

The Wisconsin DOC locator welcome page shows the legal notices and entry gate for public state-prison searches.

The first screen is important because the search is gated by DOC notices and CAPTCHA before the name-search fields are available.

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility Address and Contact

Contact WSPF for facility-specific questions about visiting, handbooks, allowable correspondence, and prison procedures. Do not send county jail roster questions to WSPF. Do not send WSPF prison questions to the Grant County Jail unless the person is believed to have been newly arrested locally or returned to local custody on a separate matter. Court-file questions still go through the Clerk of Court and WCCA, not the prison.

Visiting Someone at Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

Wisconsin DOC visiting rules apply to WSPF, with facility-specific visiting information linked from the WSPF page. Visitors must be on the approved visitor list, and DOC-21AA visitor questionnaire approval is required before visiting. Visitors age 16 and older need valid photo identification. Screening and metal-detector rules apply, and visitors may not bring food, money, gifts, documents, or other items to give to a resident. Because WSPF houses maximum-custody inmates, restrictive-housing inmates, and administrative-confinement inmates, the facility-specific rules should be checked before travel.

The statewide DOC visiting page also covers minor visitors, accommodation requests, parking and screening expectations, and conduct rules. A person on the approved list should still confirm the current WSPF schedule because DOC memos, security needs, weather, staffing, or an individual's housing status can affect whether a visit occurs.

The Wisconsin DOC visiting information page explains approval lists, identification, screening, and general visiting rules.

Use the statewide rules as the baseline, then check the WSPF-specific visiting links before making the trip to Boscobel.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

Wisconsin DOC mail and money rules are statewide, with facility-specific address details for legal mail, publications, subscriptions, and property. Personal mail goes through TextBehind and must include the PIOC full name, DOC number, and facility name. DOC directs personal mail to TextBehind at P.O. Box 189, Phoenix, MD 21131. Legal mail and other special categories should use the facility-specific address selected through DOC instructions rather than the personal-mail processing address.

Money should not be sent directly to WSPF. DOC money options include Access Corrections online, Access Corrections by phone, CashPayToday walk-in cash enrollment, and mailed deposits to Secure Deposits - Wisconsin DOC, P.O. Box 12486, St. Louis, MO 63132. Mailed deposits need the DOC number on the check or money order and the required deposit slip. DOC also identifies approved package vendors, including Union Supply Direct, Jack L. Marcus, and Access Securepak, for specialty commissary package programs.

The Wisconsin DOC money, mail, and property page is the source for TextBehind, Access Corrections, CashPayToday, mailed deposits, and approved package rules.

Follow the DOC page rather than sending funds or property directly to the Boscobel prison, because direct delivery can be rejected.

Reception and Classification at Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

WSPF does not perform the same street-arrest booking function as Grant County Jail. A person generally reaches state prison after conviction and sentencing, then enters DOC custody through the state's prison process. Court records may show the case outcome, judgment, sentence, and financial obligations, but the DOC record controls current prison custody, supervision, and facility location after transfer. WSPF's role is maximum-custody housing and management within the Division of Adult Institutions.

Official DOC material says WSPF uses a phase system to manage risk with treatment and programming, and that inmates in restrictive housing must demonstrate they will not create an unreasonable risk before placement in general population. The facility's purpose includes opportunities to gain skills for possible integration into less secure correctional environments. Those statements should not be read as a promise that any particular inmate will be transferred, approved for visits, or moved to general population on a specific timeline.

About Wisconsin Secure Program Facility

WSPF is one reason Grant County inmate-population searches can be confusing. The county contains both a local jail in Lancaster and a state prison in Boscobel. The county jail holds local pretrial detainees, county sentences, probation holds, and contract inmates. WSPF holds sentenced Wisconsin DOC inmates in a maximum-security prison setting. A name may appear in WCCA because of a Grant County or other Wisconsin criminal case, but WCCA is a court index, not a prison locator.

Wisconsin VINE can also be relevant for custody notifications, but it should be treated as a notification and custody-information tool rather than a complete court or prison file. For federal custody, the Bureau of Prisons locator is separate from Wisconsin DOC. For immigration custody, ICE ODLS is separate from both the county jail and DOC. The most accurate WSPF pathway is DOC locator for custody, WSPF/DOC pages for facility rules, and WCCA or the Clerk of Court for the criminal case.