In 1897, the Wisconsin state legislature approved the creation of the Wisconsin State Reformatory on a 200- acre site between Green Bay and De Pere. It was born throughout a duration of profound change when liberal reformers began to question the traditional punitive approach employed in American jails. The result was a shift from a punishment-based system to one that preferred progressive rehabilitation within the structure of the standard prison model. Elmira, New york city, might have acted as the reformatory model, but no other state accepted the idea more completely than Wisconsin. For more than 50 years, the Wisconsin State Reformatory remained loyal to the reform objective, adapting to changes when required but always maintaining a strong link to its past.
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