| BSI
Showroom and Business Office Located at 3099 East Washington Avenue, the business office is the administrative hub of Badger State Industries. Administrative staff supports the prison industry program with management, financial, purchasing, technical and order expediting services. Feel free to call if you have questions or comments! |
| Tim Peterson, Bureau Director | timothy.peterson@wisconsin.gov | 240.5201 |
| Ben Cruz, Financial Services | benjamin.cruz@wisconsin.gov | 240.5238 |
| Bernie Spiegel, Director of Prison Industries | bernard.spiegel@wisconsin.gov | 240.5221 |
| Netty Winkler, Internal Operations/HR/Transition | annette.winkler@wisconsin.gov | 240.5257 |
| Michael Currie, Operations Manager | michael.currie@wisconsin.gov | 240.5214 |
Directions to 3099 East Washington Ave. (PDF)
| The Badger State Industries showroom adjoins the business office. It's open to the public between 7:45 and 4:30 and is filled with Industries products. Come check it out, see just how ergonomic a chair can be. Please call ahead for an appointment. 3099 E. Washington is also the home of BSI's customer support staff which includes courteous and well qualified sales, marketing and customer service team. Systems Furniture staff also work from this office, some providing state agency customers with interior layout and design services and others providing systems furniture installation services. The new and successful Transition program is based in the Madison office but works with inmates from all over the state. With burgeoning prison populations and the Governor directing us to employ more inmates, we have to find more ways to put inmates to work in meaningful, productive jobs that benefit the citizens of Wisconsin. |
| Prison
Industries
Under the umbrella of Correctional Enterprises, Badger State Industries currently operates 15 industries within 11 correctional facilities. Click on this link for a map of industries and locations. We manufacture license plates for the DOT as well as smaller municipalities. We manufacture a large selection of furnishings for offices, classrooms, libraries, public facilities, dining areas, and institutions. BSI also operates three printing facilities, a screenprint shop and a state-of-the-art signage operation. And, we have 2 textile shops that sew a growing line of garments, mattresses, and other sewn products. Finally BSI provides laundry services to a variety of agencies. All of these operations employ inmate workers, providing them with training, a sense of accomplishment and a small income. Prison industries work! Under the same umbrella are correctional farms and community service projects. Correctional farms, in four locations, raise dairy cattle, produce dairy products for inmate consumption and feed steers for resale. Community service projects can take many forms. Ongoing projects include wheelchair recycling and computer recycling. The latter project has grown from one location to four in 6 years. |