Fox Lake Correctional Institution
Medium-security Wisconsin state prison for men
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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.[1]
In 2008, the facility had a rated capacity of 691 inmates but an actual population of 1,033.[2]
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.[3]
Notable inmates
- Steven Avery, Serving a life sentence after his 2007 conviction for the first-degree intentional homicide of Teresa Halbach, a case later widely publicized in the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.