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             WISCONSIN STATE INSTITUTIONS
     WISCONSIN STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
                    WELFARE December 1, 1957


                                                              Persons
                                                       Persons under Average
                                                         in    Field  Number
                                                Bed     Insti- Super- of
Em-
    Division                                 Capacity* tution* vision ployes**


Division of Corrections
  Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun..................1,200 1,062           
356
  Wisconsin State Reformatory, Green Bay ................ 678 637       
197
  Wisconsin Home for Women, Taycheedah .............. 114 149           
103
  Wisconsin School for Boys, Waukesha .................... 233 360      
162
  Wisconsin School for Girls, Oregon .......................... 193 146 
125
  Bureau of Probation and Parole, Madison
    Number of Parolees:
      W isconsin  State  Prison  ............................................
 759
      Wisconsin State Reformatory ................................      
     527
      Wisconsin Home for Women ................................   76
      W isconsin School  for  Boys  ..................................  
   510
      W isconsin School  for  Girls  .................................. 
   304
      From O ther States ..................................................
 125
    Number of Probationers:
      W isconsin ....................................................................
 2,078
      From Other States ..................................................69
Total ........................................................................................
 2,418  2,354  4,448  943

Division of Mental Hygiene
  Mendota State Hospital, Madison ............................ 939 888  
 505
  Winnebago State Hospital, Winnebago .................. 915 1,084      
 593
  Central State Hospital, Waupun ..................................  320
 305           151
  Northern Colony & Training School,
    Chippew a Falls ..........................................................
 1,223  1,852  618
  Southern Colony & Training School,
    U nion G rove ................................................................
 1,022  1,431  546
  Diagnostic Center ............................................................
 65  37  96
Total ........................................................................................
 4,484  5,597  2,509

Division for Children and Youth
  Wisconsin Child Center, Sparta ................................ 97 98 
  91
  In Foster or Other Hom es ............................................
 2,290
Total ........................................................................................
 97  98  2,290  91
G rand Total ..........................................................................
 6,999  8,049  6,738  3,543

*Does not include inmates and housing of inmates at prison farms and camps.
"*Administrative staff of the division is not included.
Source: Monthly Population Report, Dec. 1957 prepared by Wis. State Department
of
Public Welfare, Bur. of Research and Statistics.