Chapter 304 — PAROLES AND PARDONS

304.01 Parole commission and commission chairperson; general duties. (1) The chairperson of the parole commission shall administer and supervise the commission and its activities and shall be the final parole-granting authority, except as provided in s. 304.02. (2) The parole com…

304.02 Special action parole release. (1) The department shall use a special action release program to relieve crowding in state prisons by releasing certain prisoners to parole supervision using a procedure other than mandatory release under s. 302.11 or release under s. 304.06 …

304.06 Paroles from state prisons and house of correction. (1) (a) In this subsection: 1. “Member of the family” means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian. 2. “Victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed. (b) Except …

304.062 Ordering parolees and persons on extended supervision to perform community service work. (1) The department may order that a parolee or a person on extended supervision perform community service work for a public agency May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (Published 5-…

304.063 Notification prior to release on extended supervision or parole. (1) In this section: (a) “Member of the family” means spouse, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian. (b) “Victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed. (2) Before a prisoner is released …

304.065 Offender release information. The department shall obtain computer software and use the software to provide local law enforcement agencies with information regarding offenders who have been released to or placed in the agencies’ jurisdictions. History: 1993 a. 98.

304.071 Military parole. (1) The parole commission may at any time grant a parole to any prisoner in any penal institution of this state, or the department may at any time suspend the su- PAROLES AND PARDONS 304.072 pervision of any person who is on probation or parole to the dep…

304.072 Period of probation, extended supervision or parole tolled. (1) If the department of corrections in the case of a parolee, probationer or person on extended supervision who is reinstated or waives a hearing or the division of hearings and appeals in the department of admi…

304.074 Reimbursement fee for persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision. (2) The department shall charge a reasonable fee as determined by the department to probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision to partially reimburse the department for the cost…

304.078 or 973.09 (5). (b) The department may request the attorney general to bring a civil action to recover unpaid fees owed to the department under sub. (2) by a person who has been discharged from probation or from his or her sentence and who, at the time of discharge, owed t…

304.08 Applications for pardon; regulations. All applications for pardon of any convict serving sentence of one year or more, except for pardons to be granted within 10 days next before the time when the convict would be otherwise entitled to discharge pursuant to law, shall be m…

304.09 Notice of pardon application. (1) In this section: (a) “Member of the family” means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian. (b) “Victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed. (2) The notice of the pardon applicati…

304.10 Pardon application papers; victim’s statement. (1) An application for pardon shall be accompanied by the following papers: (a) Notice of application and acknowledgments or affidavits showing due service and affidavits showing due publication and posting whenever required; …

304.11 Conditional pardon; enforcement. (1) In case a pardon is granted upon conditions the governor may issue a warrant to carry the conditions into effect. (2) If it appears to the governor during the term of the sentence that the convicted person violated or failed to comply w…

304.115 Emergency removal. When an emergency exists which in the opinion of the secretary makes it advisable, the secretary may permit the temporary removal of a convicted person for such period and upon such conditions as the secretary determines. The secretary may delegate this…

304.12 Execution and record of warrants. When a convicted person is pardoned or the person’s sentence is commuted, or the person is remanded to prison for the violation of any of the conditions of that person’s pardon, the officer to whom the warrant is issued after executing it …

304.13 Uniform act for out-of-state parolee supervision; state compacts. (1m) The governor of this state is authorized and directed to enter into a compact on behalf of this state with any state of the United States legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: A …

304.135 Out-of-state supervision of parolees and persons on extended supervision without compact. (1) (a) If the compact authorized under s. 304.16 is not in effect, the department may permit any person convicted of an offense within this state and placed on probation or released…

304.137 Determination concerning submission of human biological specimen.

304.14 Cooperative return of parole, extended supervision and probation violators.

304.16 Interstate compact for adult offender supervision. tion release program, including eligibility criteria, procedures for the secretary to decide whether to grant a prisoner a special action release to parole supervision, procedures for notifying persons, offices or agencies…