46.06 Lands; condemnation, easements, leases, sales, purchases. Subject to s. 16.848: (1) CONDEMNATION. When the department is authorized and desires to acquire land and is unable to agree with the owner upon the terms of purchase, or when such agreement cannot be had without unreasonable delay, the department may condemn the land in the manner prescribed in ch. 32. (2) EASEMENTS. The department may grant easements for the extension of municipal and public utilities onto the lands of the institutions under its jurisdiction, for the purpose of connecting railroads, roads, water systems, sewers, electric lines and similar facilities, to serve such institutions. (3) LEASES. The department may rent additional lands for the operation of the institutions under its jurisdiction. (4) SALES. The department may, with the approval of the building commission, and subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), sell and convey such lands under the jurisdiction of the department as the secretary deems to be in excess of the present or future requirements of the department for either the operation of its facilities or programs, for the maintenance of buffer zones adjacent to its facilities or for other public purposes. The proceeds of such sales are subject to s. 13.48 (14) (c). (5) PURCHASES. The department may, with the approval of and release of state building trust fund by the building commission, acquire by purchase such lands, together with such improvements as are situated thereon, as the secretary deems necessary for the department’s farm programs, or for the purpose of providing adequate buffer zones to its existing facilities, or for the purpose of eliminating flexuous boundaries in cooperation with owners of lands adjoining lands under the department’s jurisdiction. History: 1973 c. 12 s. 10; 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 39 ss. 346, 732 (2); 1987 a. 5, 27; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 378; 2005 a. 25; 2013 a. 20.
46.064 Client wages, allowances and release payments. The department may pay a wage or an allowance and a release payment to clients at its institutions. The department shall prescribe the amounts of pay and such hours, health and other conditions in connection with employment as are reasonable. History: 1971 c. 125, 215; 1973 c. 333.
46.066 Freedom of worship; religious ministration. (1) Subject to reasonable exercise of the privilege, members of the clergy of all religious faiths shall be given an opportunity, at least once each week, to conduct religious services within the state institutions under the control of the department. Attendance at the services is voluntary. (2) Religious ministration and sacraments according to the inmate’s faith shall be allowed to every inmate who requests them.
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(3) Every inmate who requests it shall have the use of the Bible. History: 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 316. The state must make copies of the Quran available to prisoners to the same extent that Bibles are made available. Pitts v. Knowles, 339 F. Supp. 1183 (1972).