Fox Lake Correctional Institution

{{Short description|Medium-security Wisconsin state prison for men}}

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| prison_name = Fox Lake Correctional Institution

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| location = W10237 Lake Emily Road
Fox Lake, Wisconsin

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| status = medium

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| capacity = 1336

| opened = Sept 1962

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| managed_by = Wisconsin Department of Corrections

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The Fox Lake Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men located in Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin, owned and operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.{{cite web|title=Fox Lake Correctional Institution|url=http://doc.wi.gov/families-visitors/find-facility/fox-lake-correctional-institution|website=Wisconsin Department of Corrections|accessdate=7 August 2016}}

In 2008, the facility had a rated capacity of 691 inmates but an actual population of 1,033.{{cite book|title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book|date=2007|publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau|page=825|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhVWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA825|accessdate=7 August 2016}}

In 2024, the facility's official capacity had increased to 979, however the actual population had already grown to 1,365.

The facility first opened in September 1962.{{cite web|title=Fox Lake Correctional Institution|url=http://www.corrections.com/news/article/31567-50-year-anniversary-of-fox-lake-correctional-institution|website=Corrections.com|accessdate=7 August 2016}}

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Category:Prisons in Wisconsin

Category:Buildings and structures in Dodge County, Wisconsin

Category:1962 establishments in Wisconsin