John Burke Center Overview
Wisconsin DOC identifies John C. Burke Correctional Center as a minimum-security correctional center in Waupun. DOC places the center on Business 151/Madison Street and identifies it as part of the Wisconsin Correctional Center System. Its current operating capacity is 250 adult male inmates. That is the only sourced capacity figure available for this page, so no other bed count is used.
The center is a DOC facility, not a Dodge County Jail unit. That difference controls the inmate lookup path, visitation process, mail rules, money rules, and work-release context. A person arrested locally in Dodge County is handled first through county jail, court, bond, and local custody channels. A person housed at John C. Burke Correctional Center is in the state prison or correctional-center system and should be searched through Wisconsin DOC.
The facility is also distinct from the larger maximum-security institutions nearby. Dodge County's Waupun area includes Waupun Correctional Institution, Dodge Correctional Institution, and John C. Burke Correctional Center. DOC describes John Burke's role through minimum security, work release, community work crews, education support, and community service project crews.
The official source image for this profile comes from the John C. Burke Correctional Center DOC page.
The screenshot reflects the same DOC page used for the center's address, capacity, WCCS role, history, and program details.
John Burke Capacity
DOC gives a specific capacity fact for this facility: John C. Burke Correctional Center has a current operating capacity of 250 adult male inmates. The available source material does not provide a current daily population count, demographic breakdown, or separate program bed count. The official capacity is the supported number, and no estimate is made for how many people are assigned to work release, community crews, or other programs at any given time.
The capacity figure helps place the center in Dodge County's correctional map. The county has a local jail in Juneau and several DOC institutions in Waupun and Fox Lake. John Burke is the minimum-security correctional-center piece of that map. It is smaller in role and custody level than the maximum-security prison setting, and its programming connects DOC custody with local employers, education, and community service projects.
John Burke Inmate Search
Use the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Locator to search for someone at John C. Burke Correctional Center. DOC describes the locator as the tool for a Person in Our Care who has been sentenced to state prison and is housed in a DOC facility. It also has a key limit: if the person is not found in DOC search, the person may be in a city or county jail, which is administered separately.
- Open the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Locator, the correct lookup path for sentenced DOC custody.
- Search by the person's name or other available DOC locator information.
- Review the result for current facility and custody status, then confirm whether John C. Burke Correctional Center is listed.
- If there is no DOC result, check county-jail custody through Wisconsin VINELink or the county jail connected to the arrest.
This avoids a common Dodge County error. The county jail, WI VINE, DOC locator, BOP, and ICE systems each cover a different custody lane. John Burke is in the DOC lane. County booking records, jail mugshots, and local bond questions remain separate from the DOC center search.
John Burke Address and Contact
DOC lists the facility address, phone number, and superintendent. The center's local contact information is useful for facility procedures, but it does not replace DOC's statewide locator or Dodge County court records. Use the phone line for facility-specific questions after confirming that the person is in DOC custody and assigned to this center.
John C. Burke Correctional Center
900 S. Madison Street
Waupun, WI 53963-0900
920-324-3460
Superintendent Nicholas Redeker is named by the DOC source material.
John Burke Visitation Rules
Visitation at John C. Burke Correctional Center follows Wisconsin DOC and center-specific rules. It is not the Dodge County Jail visiting schedule. State-prison visits generally require approval and scheduling, and visitors must follow each institution's visiting memos, dress code, property limits, and arrival instructions. For a minimum-security center, visitors should still treat approval, scheduling, ID, and property restrictions as DOC requirements.
| Visiting Item | DOC Rule Path | Practical Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Visitor approval | DOC and center-specific process | Approval should be confirmed before planning a visit. |
| Scheduling | Current center visiting guidance | Visit dates, times, and format must be checked with DOC materials. |
| Identification | DOC visitor requirements | Bring required identification and follow entry rules. |
| Dress and property | Center memo, handbook, and DOC limits | Property and clothing rules can affect whether entry is allowed. |
Note: Confirm current facility assignment and center visiting rules before traveling to Waupun.
John Burke Mail and Money
Mail and money rules for John C. Burke Correctional Center should be checked through DOC and center materials. DOC publishes money, mail, property, hobby and personal-property vendor information, and package vendor information. The available source material does not list a John Burke-specific deposit fee, phone vendor, or mail vendor, so no unsupported vendor or fee is added.
| Service | Source to Use | High-Level Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Regular mail | DOC mail instructions and center handbook | Use the DOC-approved format for a Person in Our Care at John Burke. |
| Legal mail | DOC legal mail rules and center instructions | Follow DOC labeling and separation rules for legal correspondence. |
| Money deposit | DOC money guidance | Verify approved payment methods and any fees before sending funds. |
| Packages or property | DOC vendor and property guidance | Use only DOC-approved package, property, or vendor channels. |
John Burke Work Programs
John C. Burke Correctional Center's minimum-security role is tied to work and community placement. DOC program information includes work release with local employers, Bureau of Correctional Enterprises offsite work, on-grounds HSED tutoring, and community service project crews. Work release is a structured custody program, not a general release from DOC. Community work crews are also part of the center's program role and should be understood as DOC-supervised correctional-center activity.
- Minimum security
- A lower custody level within DOC, still subject to state correctional rules and supervision.
- Work release
- A DOC-approved arrangement connected to local employers for eligible people in custody.
- Community work crews
- DOC-supervised crews assigned to community service projects under correctional-center rules.
John Burke Intake Status
John C. Burke Correctional Center does not handle Dodge County street-arrest booking. Local booking starts at the county jail when a person is arrested by a local law-enforcement agency and held in county custody. John Burke's population is a sentenced DOC population assigned to a minimum-security correctional center. If a person has just been arrested, a county-jail path or WI VINE may be more useful than the DOC locator. If a person has been sentenced and transferred to DOC custody, the DOC locator is the proper search channel.
The state-prison process can include DOC reception steps such as admission, initial record development, medical and mental-health screening, initial classification, program-needs assessment, and placement decisions. Those state corrections steps explain how a person may move from a county sentence path into DOC assignment. They should not be confused with local jail intake, county bond, or court filing steps described on the Dodge County court records after jail arrest page.
About John Burke Center
John C. Burke Correctional Center has a detailed institutional history. It sits on the former Minimum Security Bunkhouse site for Waupun Correctional Institution. The Wisconsin Correctional Center System annexed it in 1988. Construction began in 1989 and was completed in July 1990. The center originally housed minimum-security males, became a female facility in October 2000, transferred to the Wisconsin Women's Correctional System in 2005, and returned to minimum-security male custody in November 2011.
John C. Burke Correctional Center is named for a former Wisconsin State Prison warden credited with correctional classification and internal disciplinary reforms. That history fits the center's current role. It is not a county jail and not a maximum-security prison. It is a DOC correctional center within Dodge County's unusually dense correctional footprint, with a role focused on minimum-security adult male custody, work release, community work crews, and education support.
Note: Facility assignment, work-release status, visitation, and mail rules should be verified with DOC before action.
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