Chapter 301, CORRECTIONS

301.285 In-service and work experience training. The department may conduct a program of in-service training and staff development and, in cooperation with educational institutions, provide facilities for work experience for students, including subsistence. History: 1989 a. 31.

301.286 State identification upon release from prison. Before an individual is released from prison upon completion of his or her sentence or to parole or extended supervision, the department shall determine if the individual has an operator’s license or a state identification ca…

301.287 Correctional officer overtime. The department shall maintain a central monitoring system to record the amount of overtime worked by correctional officers. History: 1991 a. 39.

301.29 Bonds of employees; police powers; investigation of complaints. (2) The superintendents of all the state correctional institutions, and the employees under them to whom they delegate police power, may arrest any person within or upon the grounds of the institutions whom th…

301.30 Inmate wages, allowances and release payments. The department may pay a wage or an allowance and a release payment to inmates at its institutions. The department shall prescribe the amounts of pay and such hours, health and other conditions in connection with employment as…

301.31 Wages to prisoners. The department may provide for assistance of prisoners on their discharge; for the support of their families while the prisoners are in confinement; or for the payment, either in full or ratably, of their obligations acknowledged by them in writing or w…

301.315 Corrections programs report. The department shall report to the joint committee on finance with a proposal to address negative cash balances associated with closed industries or other corrections programs through the use of moneys appropriated under s. 20.410 as of the da…

301.32 Property of prisoners, residents and probationers. (1) PROPERTY DELIVERED TO WARDEN OR SUPERINTENDENT; CREDIT AND DEBIT. All money and other property delivered to an employee of any state correctional institution for the benefit of a prisoner or resident shall be delivered…

301.323 Vendors of personal property items. (1) The department shall permit an inmate in a state correctional institution, or a 3rd party on behalf of an inmate, to purchase department-approved hobby, religious, and other personal property items from a vendor that is contracted w…

301.325 Prisoner reimbursement to the state. The department may charge a prisoner or a prisoner’s estate for some or all of the costs to the department of the prisoner’s incarceration or burial or cremation and burial under s. 157.02 (5). The department may collect from the inmat…

301.328 Judgment for litigation loans to prisoners. (1) In this section, “litigation loan” means a loan made to a prisoner by the department to pay for paper, photocopying, postage or other expenses associated with litigation commenced by the prisoner. (1m) No prisoner may receiv…

301.33 Freedom of worship; religious ministration. (1) Subject to reasonable exercise of the privilege, members of the clergy of all religious faiths shall have an opportunity, at least once each week, to conduct religious services within the state correctional institutions. Atte…

301.335 Treatment records. Section 51.30 applies to treatment records, as defined in s. 51.30 (1) (b), maintained by the department of corrections in regard to children adjudged delinquent. The department has the same authority, including rule-making authority, with regard to tre…

301.35 Law enforcement officer access to department records. (1) In this section: (a) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c). (b) “Record” has the meaning given in s. 19.32 (2). (2) The department shall allow a law enforcement officer access to a dep…

301.36 General supervision and inspection by department. (1) GENERAL AUTHORITY. The department shall investigate and supervise all of the state prisons under s. 302.01, all juvenile correctional facilities, all secured residential care centers for children and youth, and all juve…

301.37 County buildings; establishment, approval, inspection. (1) The department shall fix reasonable standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, and maintenance of all houses of correction, reforestation camps maintained under s. 303.07, jails, as defined in …

301.373 Operating loss reimbursement program. The department shall reimburse a county that operates a secured residential care center for children and youth that holds female juveniles in secure custody and that was established using funding from the grant program under 2017 Wisc…

301.38 Notification of victims and witnesses about prisoner escapes. (1) In this section: (a) “Member of the family” means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian. (am) “Prisoner” has the meaning given in s. 301.01 (2), but does not includ…

301.45 Sex offender registration. (1d) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Employed or carrying on a vocation” means employment or vocational activity that is full-time or part-time for a continuous period of time exceeding 14 days or for an aggregate period of time exceeding 30 d…

301.46 Access to information concerning sex offenders. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Agency with jurisdiction” means the state agency with the authority or duty to confine or supervise a person or release or discharge a person from confinement. (b) “Sex offense” has the …

301.47 Sex offender name changes prohibited. (1) In this section, “sex offender” means a person who is subject to s. 301.45 (1g) but does not include a person who, as a result of a proceeding under s. 301.45 (1m), is not required to comply with the reporting requirements of s. 30…

301.475 Sex offenders to notify schools. (1) A person who is required to comply with the reporting requirements under s. 301.45 (1g) may not be on any school premises, as defined in s. 948.61 (1) (c), unless the school district administrator or his or her designee, if the premise…

301.48 Global positioning system tracking and residency requirement for certain sex offenders. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Exclusion zone” means a zone in which a person who is tracked using a global positioning system tracking device is prohibited from entering except…

301.49 Global positioning system tracking for persons who violate certain orders or injunctions. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Exclusion zone” means a zone in which a person who is tracked using a global positioning system tracking device is prohibited from entering. (am…

301.50 Notification of intent to chaperone sex offenders. (1) In this section, “substantial parental relationship” means the acceptance and exercise of significant responsibility for the daily supervision, education, protection, and care of the child. In evaluating whether an ind…