Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center Inmates

Sanger B. Powers Overview

Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center, often shortened to SPCC, is operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections through the Wisconsin Correctional Center System. It is a minimum-security adult male correctional center in Outagamie County. It is not a county jail, and it does not handle street arrests, booking intake for Appleton-area police agencies, or the public county jail roster. That distinction is the most important fact for inmate lookup.

Wisconsin DOC identifies SPCC as a correctional center for convicted adult male inmates in DOC custody. The facility's work is tied to minimum-security custody, transition, employment, community service crews, and reintegration. People there may be nearing release or placed in a setting where work release and structured community programming are possible after screening. Local jail records may show a person's earlier arrest, but SPCC status belongs to the state DOC system.

The official DOC facility page is shown in this Sanger B. Powers source.

That DOC page is the source for the facility address, phone number, operating capacity, history, and facility-specific visiting links.

Sanger B. Powers Population

DOC lists Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center with an operating capacity of 120 adult male inmates. The population is part of Wisconsin DOC custody, not the Outagamie County Jail population. In DOC language, these are persons in care or custody at a minimum-security correctional center. Some are in work release or community placement settings after a risk and case review, but the presence of work release does not make SPCC a county work-release jail.

Because SPCC is a DOC facility, a person may move there after conviction and sentencing rather than immediately after arrest. If a person is not found in DOC search, DOC advises that city or county jails are administered separately. For Outagamie County arrests, the local fallback is the county jail roster and Central Control, not SPCC.

Sanger B. Powers Inmate Lookup

Use the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Search for Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center. The Outagamie County current inmate list is for county jail custody and will not serve as the main lookup for SPCC. DOC's general information explains that its locator covers people housed within DOC facilities, while county and city jails are separate systems.

1. Open the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Search.
2. Search by name or DOC number when known, using enough identifying detail to avoid common-name matches.
3. Review the profile for current location or status and confirm whether Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center is listed.
4. If the person is not found, check whether the person is still in county jail custody or another non-DOC system.

The DOC locator screen is visible in this official DOC search source.

Using the state locator first prevents a common error: searching the Outagamie County Jail roster for someone already transferred into state DOC custody.

Sanger B. Powers Contact

Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center is located near Oneida, about three miles north of the community according to DOC's facility history. The facility opened in 1982 and replaced an older bunkhouse used by inmates who worked at Oneida Farm when that farm was operated by Green Bay Correctional Institution. It is named for Sanger B. Powers Sr., a Wisconsin corrections leader associated with correctional programs.

Sanger B. Powers Visitation

DOC statewide visiting rules apply at Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center. Prospective visitors must be on the approved visitor list, and DOC uses the DOC-21AA Visitor Questionnaire process. The inmate is responsible for sending the questionnaire to the proposed visitor, and the completed form is returned to the institution. Visitors age 16 and older need photo ID, and visitors must pass screening and metal detector rules.

The DOC visiting information page also covers minor visitors, adult visitor limits, arrival timing, allowed property, clothing rules, and prohibited items. Approved minor visitors generally need consent from a non-incarcerated parent or legal guardian and must be with an approved adult unless the minor is the inmate's legal spouse. Facility-specific visiting memos linked from the SPCC page should be checked before a visit is scheduled.

DOC's visiting rules are shown in this statewide visiting source.

Those statewide rules control the approval path, while the facility memo supplies the current SPCC schedule details.

Sanger B. Powers Communication

Communication at SPCC follows Wisconsin DOC systems rather than Outagamie County Jail vendors. DOC's adult facilities information says DOC has partnered with ICSolutions for tablet and phone services, and family or friends may contact ICSolutions customer service at 888-506-8407 for phone service concerns. Family members should contact the institution in emergencies instead of relying on a routine vendor message.

Mail, money, phone, and tablet procedures can change through DOC policy and facility notices. Use the SPCC facility page and the DOC adult facilities pages before sending funds or property. Do not use Outagamie County Jail's GTL, GettingOut, or ConnectNetwork Site ID #178 for Sanger B. Powers unless DOC itself directs that service for a specific purpose. Those county services belong to the sheriff's jail, not the state correctional center.

Sanger B. Powers Programs

SPCC has a more specific program profile than many county jail pages. DOC describes work-release opportunities with local employers for qualified inmates. Wages can help pay fees, restitution, and other obligations, and DOC notes the goal of maintaining employment after release. Offsite work is not automatic. It depends on risk and case evaluation, facility approval, employer placement, and the inmate's own status.

Community Enhancement crews assist local government agencies and nonprofits. SPCC also participates in the Second Chances Paws Program with the Shawano Humane Society, where persons in care help socialize dogs before adoption. Those programs fit the larger Wisconsin Correctional Center System purpose: minimum-security housing, reintegration, release preparation, treatment, education, family reintegration, religion, leisure, work release, and community service.

Minimum security

A DOC custody level used for lower-risk incarcerated adults after classification review.

Work release

A controlled program where qualified inmates work in the community under DOC rules.

Community crew

A supervised work group serving public agencies or nonprofits.

PIOC

Wisconsin DOC term meaning person in our care.

Sanger B. Powers and County Jail

The local jail and SPCC sit in the same county, but they answer different custody questions. Outagamie County Jail is the right starting point for recent arrests, current local custody, the 24-hour booking media report, Huber or jail work release, GPS status, and county records requests. Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center is the right source when a person has moved into sentenced DOC custody and is listed through the statewide locator.

If the arrest happened recently in Appleton, Grand Chute, Kaukauna, Menasha, or another Outagamie County law-enforcement area, check the Outagamie County Jail page first. If the person was convicted and sentenced to prison, the DOC locator and SPCC facility rules become the better route. VINELink can help with notification in some cases, but it does not replace either primary system.