The Columbia Correctional Institution (CCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Portage, Wisconsin. The operating capacity is 541. The average daily population for fiscal year 2012 was 832. Michael A. Dittmann, the warden, has been in that position since April 2014.
History
The facility was constructed on 110 acres (0.45km2) at a cost of $38.6 million. It has 27 acres (110,000m2) inside the perimeter fence. Columbia Correctional Institution opened in May 1986, with an original capacity of 450 inmates housed in single bed cells. In 1997, a 150 bed barracks was constructed for minimum security inmates and over time many of the single bed cells have been converted to double bed cells.
In 1988, a sculpture entitled Chromatic Fragments - Vortex to the Sky by artist and University of Illinois Professor of Art Christiane Martens was installed in the parking area of the prison. The 20-foot (6.1m) tall painted steel sculpture cost $50,000.
A prison,correctional facility, penitentiary, gaol (Ireland, UK, Australia), or jail is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as a form of punishment. The most common use of prisons is within a criminal justice system. People charged with crimes may be imprisoned until they are brought to trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. Besides their use for punishing civil crimes, authoritarian regimes also frequently use prisons and jails as tools of political repression to punish what are deemed political crimes, often without trial or other legal due process; this use is illegal under most forms of international law governing fair administration of justice. In times of war, prisoners of war or detainees may be detained in military prisons or prisoner of war camps, and large groups of civilians might be imprisoned in internment camps.
5 inmates charged in Feb. disturbance at Columbia prison
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published: 11 Mar 2016
2 inmates dead at Columbia Correctional Institution
A suspected drug overdose leaves two inmates dead at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Another inmate and multiple prison staff were also hospitalized after the incident yesterday.
published: 16 Sep 2019
Two inmates escape from Columbia Correctional Institution
People in the area told to stay inside and lock their doors
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published: 16 Apr 2020
Columbia Correctional has highest number of positive DOC inmates in Florida
A total of 1,299 inmates at Columbia Correctional Institute have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to data from the Florida Department of Corrections, and dozens of staff members have tested positive as well.
published: 30 Jul 2020
Two Inmates Escape From Columbia Correctional Institution
Police search for two men who've escaped from Columbia Correctional Institution.
published: 16 Apr 2020
Columbia County Prison Staff Treated For Drug Exposure
The prison has been locked down as authorities investigate.
published: 15 Sep 2019
Two inmates hurt in prison shooting
Two inmates were injured in a shooting Saturday night at the Columbia Correction Institute in Lake City, Florida. That's according to the warden at the minimum-security prison.
published: 27 Mar 2014
'My senses were on overdrive': Columbia County inmate sentenced for escaping prison
A Wisconsin inmate who escaped from a Columbia County prison earlier this year said the experience was worth it since he got to see his first sunrise in 18 years.
published: 19 Nov 2020
Escaped Inmates: More than 100 have walked away from Wisconsin centers since 2015
Convicted killers, armed robbers, drug dealers and other criminals are escaping from Wisconsin correctional facilities on a regular basis.
published: 14 May 2019
19 prison staffers treated for potential drug exposure after deaths of inmates
VIDEO: Nineteen staff members were treated, an inmate was hospitalized and two other inmates died after a suspected drug-related incident at the Columbia Correctional Institution Annex, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
A suspected drug overdose leaves two inmates dead at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Another inmate and multiple prison staff were also hospitalized afte...
A suspected drug overdose leaves two inmates dead at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Another inmate and multiple prison staff were also hospitalized after the incident yesterday.
A suspected drug overdose leaves two inmates dead at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Another inmate and multiple prison staff were also hospitalized after the incident yesterday.
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A total of 1,299 inmates at Columbia Correctional Institute have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to data from the Florida Department of C...
A total of 1,299 inmates at Columbia Correctional Institute have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to data from the Florida Department of Corrections, and dozens of staff members have tested positive as well.
A total of 1,299 inmates at Columbia Correctional Institute have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to data from the Florida Department of Corrections, and dozens of staff members have tested positive as well.
Two inmates were injured in a shooting Saturday night at the Columbia Correction Institute in Lake City, Florida. That's according to the warden at the minimum...
Two inmates were injured in a shooting Saturday night at the Columbia Correction Institute in Lake City, Florida. That's according to the warden at the minimum-security prison.
Two inmates were injured in a shooting Saturday night at the Columbia Correction Institute in Lake City, Florida. That's according to the warden at the minimum-security prison.
A Wisconsin inmate who escaped from a Columbia County prison earlier this year said the experience was worth it since he got to see his first sunrise in 18 year...
A Wisconsin inmate who escaped from a Columbia County prison earlier this year said the experience was worth it since he got to see his first sunrise in 18 years.
A Wisconsin inmate who escaped from a Columbia County prison earlier this year said the experience was worth it since he got to see his first sunrise in 18 years.
VIDEO: Nineteen staff members were treated, an inmate was hospitalized and two other inmates died after a suspected drug-related incident at the Columbia Correc...
VIDEO: Nineteen staff members were treated, an inmate was hospitalized and two other inmates died after a suspected drug-related incident at the Columbia Correctional Institution Annex, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
VIDEO: Nineteen staff members were treated, an inmate was hospitalized and two other inmates died after a suspected drug-related incident at the Columbia Correctional Institution Annex, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
A suspected drug overdose leaves two inmates dead at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Another inmate and multiple prison staff were also hospitalized after the incident yesterday.
People in the area told to stay inside and lock their doors
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A total of 1,299 inmates at Columbia Correctional Institute have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to data from the Florida Department of Corrections, and dozens of staff members have tested positive as well.
Two inmates were injured in a shooting Saturday night at the Columbia Correction Institute in Lake City, Florida. That's according to the warden at the minimum-security prison.
A Wisconsin inmate who escaped from a Columbia County prison earlier this year said the experience was worth it since he got to see his first sunrise in 18 years.
VIDEO: Nineteen staff members were treated, an inmate was hospitalized and two other inmates died after a suspected drug-related incident at the Columbia Correctional Institution Annex, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
The Columbia Correctional Institution (CCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Portage, Wisconsin. The operating capacity is 541. The average daily population for fiscal year 2012 was 832. Michael A. Dittmann, the warden, has been in that position since April 2014.
History
The facility was constructed on 110 acres (0.45km2) at a cost of $38.6 million. It has 27 acres (110,000m2) inside the perimeter fence. Columbia Correctional Institution opened in May 1986, with an original capacity of 450 inmates housed in single bed cells. In 1997, a 150 bed barracks was constructed for minimum security inmates and over time many of the single bed cells have been converted to double bed cells.
In 1988, a sculpture entitled Chromatic Fragments - Vortex to the Sky by artist and University of Illinois Professor of Art Christiane Martens was installed in the parking area of the prison. The 20-foot (6.1m) tall painted steel sculpture cost $50,000.
He had been in poor health since 2017, when he told the outlet ... The attorney ultimately lost the case, however, and Dahmer entered the Columbia Correctional Institute in February 1992 to serve his 15 consecutive life terms ... 'We battled.' ... Wisconsin. .
Smith, 53, will attend virtually from the Leath Correctional Institute in Greenwood, where she is incarcerated ... acts with two corrections officers while at the Women's Correctional Center in Columbia.
Meyden is serving his sentnece at ColumbiaRiver Correctional Institution in Northeast Portland and is not eligible for parole until January 2026 ... Meyden is serving his sentnece at Columbia River ...
Harvey Bennett, who was convicted of first-degree burglary in ColumbiaCounty and had been held at Santiam Correctional Institution since October 2023, walked away from a city of Salem work crew on Aug.
The married couple is originally from New York but moved to Columbia and said their beliefs and values won't align with the thought of a person being executed by the state ... The Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C.
When downtown Columbia's South Carolina State Penitentiary (later referred to as the Central Correctional Institute) opened its doors in 1867, deceased inmates would be buried in an anonymous plot on ...
A Columbia Correctional Institution kitchen staff employee has been charged with second-degree sexual assault of an inmate, manufacturing/delivering marijuana and delivering illegal articles to an inmate, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office said.
COLUMBIA, S.C ... 1 ... The Broad River Correctional Institution, where FreddieEugene Owens died by lethal injection in this state prison complex in Columbia, S.C., is shown on Friday, Sept ... Dog chewing on lithium-ion battery sparks house fire in Oklahoma.