This is a piece of an article I found just now *quoting:http://www.wi-doc.com/DOC_History.htm 1898 – *By close of the year, the WSR houses 24 inmates young inmates sent from Waupun. The Reformatory is intended to house inmates 17-30 years old. Its purpose is to rehabilitate young men through the teaching of trades, general education, and steady work. Warden John I. Roberts of Waupun introduces a system of grading prisoners, dividing all inmates into three security grades with more privileges for good behavior. This was the purpose of the WI State Reformatory. So I guess now I know what my great uncle Vandy was doing while he was there at that time.