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Drug Abuse Correctional Center Overview

Drug Abuse Correctional Center, often shortened to DACC, is a Wisconsin DOC correctional center north of Oshkosh in Winnebago County. The official DOC page lists the address as 4280 N. Sherman Road, Winnebago, WI 54985-0036. The facility phone is 920-236-2700 and the fax number is 920-426-5601. The captured DOC page names Stephanie Henning as Superintendent.

DACC is part of the Wisconsin Correctional Center System, which DOC describes as one institution made up of 14 adult male correctional centers under a centrally located Madison warden. That system placement is important because DACC is not a county jail, even though it sits in the same Winnebago County correctional geography as the county jail, Oshkosh Correctional Institution, Winnebago Correctional Center, and Wisconsin Resource Center.

The DOC facility block identifies DACC as a treatment-focused center for adult males with a medium- or high-risk Earned Release Program need. Its public-facing identity is therefore tied to sentence administration, substance-abuse programming, reentry planning, and DOC supervision, not local arrest booking. For lookup purposes, a person held at DACC should appear through the state DOC system, not the sheriff's current inmate list.

Drug Abuse Correctional Center Capacity and Population

The captured DOC DACC page gives a current operating capacity of 294 adult male inmates. The research did not capture a separate current-population figure for DACC, so the page should not imply a live count or daily census. The reliable number for this facility is the DOC-published operating capacity.

DACC's population is specialized within the DOC system. The DOC page describes the facility as serving adult males with a medium- or high-risk Earned Release Program need. That means the custody population is shaped by sentence eligibility, treatment assessment, program need, DOC placement, and reentry planning rather than the day-to-day arrest flow that drives the Winnebago County Jail population.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Drug Abuse Correctional Center

Use the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator to search for a person at DACC. The county jail roster is the wrong tool for this facility because DOC's general information says city and county jails are administered separately from DOC facilities. DACC residents are in state DOC care, so a DOC number or state facility profile is more useful than a county InmateID.

1. Open the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator.
2. Enter the DOC number if available, or search by legal first and last name.
3. Use birth year or date-of-birth information when the search fields allow it, especially for common names.
4. Check the profile for the current facility and confirm it says Drug Abuse Correctional Center before using DACC-specific contact or visiting procedures.

If a person does not appear in DOC search results, review the custody path. They may still be in county jail awaiting sentencing, in a different DOC institution, on community supervision, or outside public custody. Court records in Wisconsin Circuit Court Access can show whether a case has produced a state-prison sentence, but WCCA is not a facility roster.

Drug Abuse Correctional Center Address and Contact

Use the facility contact information for DACC-specific questions about institutional procedures, visiting documents, and facility routing. Use the DOC locator first when the question is whether someone is currently assigned to DACC.

Visiting Someone at Drug Abuse Correctional Center

DACC visiting follows DOC correctional-center rules and facility handbooks rather than county jail visiting rules. The captured research did not include exact DACC visiting hours, so no day-by-day schedule should be invented. The safe approach is to confirm the current DACC visitor handbook or DOC facility page before planning a visit. Visitors should expect DOC approval, scheduling, identification, dress, contraband, search, and facility-entry rules.

The absence of captured hours is not the same as no visiting. It means the research file did not document a reliable schedule. Families should confirm the current facility document or call the center before travel, especially because DACC program activity runs through much of the week.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Drug Abuse Correctional Center

DACC uses DOC statewide money and mail policy unless a facility handbook gives a more specific instruction. The research states that DOC funds are currently received through Access Corrections Secure Deposit and CashPayToday, and DOC warns not to send funds directly to the correctional facility. Mail formats can be facility-specific, so include the person's full name and DOC number and verify the current DACC mail address before sending time-sensitive documents.

Placement, Program Intake, and Release Planning at DACC

DACC is not a booking jail. A person does not arrive there because a sheriff's deputy or city officer made a new arrest and processed the person through local jail intake. Instead, DACC placement occurs inside the DOC sentence and classification framework. The facility serves adult men with a medium- or high-risk Earned Release Program need, and DOC program participation is central to the person's time at the center.

The DOC summary says DACC's Earned Release Program is authorized under Wis. Stat. 302.05 and generally lasts 20 weeks, although it may be shorter or longer based on individual needs. Program participants use Thinking for a Change, Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse, and ancillary programming. The captured research says inmates are required to participate in program and work activities from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 6 p.m. Fridays, excluding holidays.

DACC Programs and Reentry Focus

DACC is one of the clearest examples in Winnebago County of a facility where the public lookup question and the program question overlap. The person-specific search still belongs in the DOC locator, but the reason a person is at DACC may be program placement. DOC describes the facility around ERP treatment, cognitive-behavioral work, substance-abuse intervention, and release preparation.

Reentry planning is a major part of the DACC record. The research says DACC work involves probation and parole agents, release planning, aftercare, residence needs, support services, and employment. On completion, DOC says the sentencing court is notified and sentence modification may allow release on extended supervision. That court-notification step is why families often need to check both DOC custody records and Wisconsin court records after a person finishes or leaves the program.

For Winnebago County users, the main mistake is treating DACC like the county jail. The sheriff's current inmate list and jail media blotter do not track DACC program status. They are local jail records. DACC belongs to the state prison and correctional-center system, and the DOC locator is the appropriate public custody channel.