Wisconsin. Department of Corrections: Adult and Juvenile Case Files (Central Office), 1967-2009

Scope and Content Note

The contents of each adult case file typically include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following documents: picture; face sheets; investigation requests; admission investigations; assessment and evaluation staffing -- Parole Board comments; staffing decision; guidance counselor report; security coordinator report; social worker report; test results; notification of sentence data; sentencing portion of court transcript; notice of parole hearing; parole planning information; pre-parole investigation; parole application information; Parole Board decision and comments; FBI rap sheets; master file card; program review recommendations and decisions; chronological history recording; request for release; order for transfer; notice of case status changes; probation/parole violation warrants; revocation order and warrant; teletypes; and related materials and correspondence.

The contents of each juvenile case file include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following documents: picture, face sheets; investigation requests; admission investigations; social worker reports; department orders; court orders and determinations; reception center staffing recommendations; request for juvenile pre-parole; pre-parole investigations; juvenile offender review program progress review reports; program review summaries; quarterly progress reports; educational summaries; master file card; chronological history recording; order for transfer; notice of case status changes; revocation findings of fact and conclusions of law and order; Social Security benefit information; teletypes; and related materials and correspondence.

The 1967-1977 files, which were weeded prior to microfilming, typically include a summary face sheet, a chronological history of the case, medical and psychiatric examination and treatment records, as well as administrative records relating to supervision and discharge. The original files exist for a small number of cases which were not microfilmed. They range from T129,300 to T253,749. References to these files are interfiled in the alphabetical microfiche version of the series.