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Waupun WI State Prison in the late 1800’s

Waupun Prison. This page is to inform of the Waupun WI State Prison, that Jean Philippe Soquet was sentenced. He was on a work detail and escaped by dressing as a nun. He fled to Oregon and died in 1910 under the alias John Raino.

Link to Jean Philippe Soquet page

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History from Wikkipedia

On July 4, 1851, Governor Nelson Dewey selected the Waupun area to be the site of the Wisconsin State Prison. A temporary structure opened in 1851. It could hold a maximum of 40 inmates, and was intended to be used only until the completion of a wing of the main prison. By December 31, 1852, 27 inmates were held there. The first permanent building was completed in 1854, and is still in use today as the South Cell Hall. According to the Commissioner of the State Prison, it was to be constructed of stone using prison labor.[2] Additions were made over the years in 1855, 1906, 1913, 1940, and 1998. The prison was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the “Wisconsin State Prison Historic District” in 1992.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waupun_Correctional_Institution

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dining hall

another view of the wall Wisconsin State Penitentiary - Front Wall Waupun




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