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Oakhill Institution Inmate Overview

Oakhill Correctional Institution is operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The official DOC facility page identifies Oakhill as a minimum-security institution for adult state prisoners, while also noting a specialized maximum-security inpatient unit at UW Hospitals and Clinics for inmates from Wisconsin correctional facilities. That mix is unusual in Dane County. The main institution fits the state-prison side of the local custody map, while the hospital unit serves a narrower medical-security role for DOC.

The facility should not be read as part of the Dane County jail roster. A person arrested in Madison, Oregon, Deerfield, or another Dane County community may start in the sheriff's jail system, but a person sentenced to prison moves into DOC custody after court and classification. Oakhill records, visits, mail, money, and program access follow state DOC rules. The Dane County jail roster remains relevant only when a searcher is trying to decide whether a person is still in local custody before a state transfer.

The official DOC Oakhill Correctional Institution page is the best source for the facility description, address, leadership, and public notices. This captured image shows the DOC source used for Oakhill Correctional Institution facility information.

The page supports the main distinction for Oakhill searches: sentenced state prisoners are checked in DOC systems, while current Dane County jail residents are checked through sheriff custody records.

Oakhill Institution Capacity

Oakhill has the strongest facility-specific population data among the Dane County DOC facilities. The FY2025 annual report cited in the research gives a design capacity of 409, an average daily population of 829, and a current population figure of 833. Those numbers are not Dane County jail counts. They describe a state-prison population physically located in Dane County and maintained by the Wisconsin DOC.

The same research notes 316 personnel and a restrictive-housing area serving Oakhill, Oregon Correctional Center, and Thompson Correctional Center. That unit includes 48 wet cells and two observation cells. These figures help explain why Oakhill carries more institutional functions than a small work-release center, even though its main custody level is minimum security.

Lookup Oakhill Institution Inmates

The correct search path for Oakhill Correctional Institution is the Wisconsin DOC Persons in Our Care and Offender Locator. DOC's general information page explains that the locator covers people sentenced to state prison and housed in DOC facilities. If the person cannot be found there, DOC warns that the person may be in a city or county jail instead. For Dane County, that means the search may need to shift back to the sheriff's current resident roster or to Wisconsin VINE for custody notifications.

1. Open the Wisconsin DOC locator and choose the search path that fits the information available.
2. Search by name, or use a DOC number when one is known because it is the most direct match.
3. Open the matching record and check whether Oakhill Correctional Institution is listed as the current facility.
4. If no DOC result appears, check the Dane County jail roster or VINE because the person may still be in local custody.

Oakhill Address and Contact

Contacting Oakhill directly is most useful for facility rules, visiting questions, and institutional procedures. Public records about a DOC inmate may also involve DOC public-records processes, not the Dane County Sheriff's Records counter. For urgent custody identity questions, start with the DOC locator and then call only after checking the official record.

The research identifies Alisha Kraus as warden on the official Oakhill page. Leadership names can change, so facility questions tied to a current administrator should be checked against the DOC page before a letter, request, or visit is planned.

Visiting Oakhill Institution Inmates

Oakhill visits follow Wisconsin DOC visiting rules. DOC visiting is not the same as Dane County jail visiting, which uses county non-contact scheduling rules. State prison visitors generally must complete the DOC-21AA visitor questionnaire and be placed on an approved visitor list before a visit can occur. Minors have added consent and adult-supervision rules under DOC policy.

Before traveling to Oregon, confirm the live visiting memo, the person's status, and any temporary restriction. A DOC record can show custody location, but it does not guarantee that a visit will be approved on a specific day.

Oakhill Mail and Money

Oakhill mail and deposits follow Wisconsin DOC rules. The DOC money, mail, and property page cited in the research describes centralized mail processing for many facilities and identifies AccessCorrections and CashPayToday as deposit paths. These systems are separate from Dane County JailATM deposits and county jail mail rules. A family member sending funds to an Oakhill inmate should use DOC deposit instructions, not the sheriff's jail commissary links.

Oakhill Programs and History

Oakhill's official history makes it distinct from the other Dane County state facilities. DOC says it opened in June 1941 as the Wisconsin School for Girls and is listed as a historical site in the State Historical Society Register. Its modern purpose is safe and secure custody of minimum-security offenders with education, treatment, work release, and pre-release programming.

Those programs serve sentenced state prisoners, not the current residents listed on the Dane County jail roster. The distinction matters when a family member is trying to trace a person after sentencing. Court, jail, and DOC records may all be part of the same person's path, but Oakhill is the DOC side of that path.