301.01 Definitions. In this chapter and chs. 302 to 304:
(1) “Department" means the department of corrections.
(1m) “Juvenile correctional facility" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (10p).
(1n) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).
(2) “Prisoner" means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned, or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to s. 55.06 (11) (a), 2003 stats., or s. 51.15, 51.20, 51.45 (11) (b), or 55.135 or ch. 980. “Prisoner" does not include any of the following:
(a) Any person who is serving a sentence of detention under s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under s. 973.03 (4) (c).
(b) Any resident of a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth.
(c) Any child held in custody under ss. 48.19 to 48.21.
(cm) Any expectant mother held in custody under ss. 48.193 to 48.213.
(d) Any child participating in the mother-young child care program under s. 301.049.
(3) “Secretary" means the secretary of corrections.
(3k) “Secured residential care center for children and youth" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (15g).
(4) “State correctional institution" means a state prison under s. 302.01 or a juvenile correctional facility operated by the department.
(5) “Type 1 prison" means a state prison under s. 302.01, but excludes any institution that meets the criteria under s. 302.01 solely because of its status under s. 301.048 (4) (b).
(6) “Type 2 prison" means a state prison under s. 302.01 that meets the criteria under s. 302.01 solely because of its status under s. 301.048 (4) (b).
History: 1989 a. 31, 107; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 479; 1995 a. 27, 77; 1997 a. 27, 292; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 264, 344; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 185; 2019 a. 8 ss. 17, 71.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
301.001 - Purposes of chapters.
301.02 - Institutions governed.
301.025 - Division of juvenile corrections.
301.027 - Treatment program at one or more juvenile correctional facilities.
301.029 - Contracts requiring prisoner access to personal information.
301.03 - General corrections authority.
301.032 - Juvenile correctional services; supervisory functions of state department.
301.035 - Division of hearings and appeals; administrator's general duties.
301.046 - Community residential confinement.
301.047 - Inmate rehabilitation and aftercare.
301.048 - Intensive sanctions program.
301.049 - Mother-young child care program.
301.055 - Prisoner population limits.
301.06 - Education and prevention.
301.065 - Religious organizations; contract powers.
301.068 - Community services to reduce recidivism.
301.07 - Cooperation and contracts with federal government.
301.073 - American Indian tribal community reintegration program.
301.075 - Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
301.08 - Purchase of care and services.
301.085 - Payment of benefits.
301.09 - Grants for pilot programs or demonstration projects.
301.095 - Council on offender reentry.
301.10 - Purchases, bills, audits, payments.
301.103 - Prescription drug formulary.
301.105 - Telephone company commissions.
301.11 - Reports of corrections institutions.
301.13 - Minimum security correctional institutions.
301.132 - Honesty testing of sex offenders.
301.135 - Electronic monitoring.
301.14 - State-local shared correctional facilities.
301.15 - Medium security prison.
301.16 - Construction or establishment of certain institutions.
301.17 - Minimum security corrections institutions.
301.18 - Correctional and other institutions; expansion and establishment of facilities.
301.19 - Restrictions on construction or modifications of correctional facilities.
301.205 - Reimbursement to visiting families.
301.21 - Contracts for the transfer and confinement of Wisconsin prisoners in other states.
301.235 - Structures, facilities and permanent improvements.
301.24 - Lands; condemnation, easements, leases, sales, purchases.
301.25 - Sewer system at Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
301.26 - Juvenile correctional services; state services.
301.27 - Meal and other charges; vending stands; commissary; and butter and cheese.
301.28 - Training of correctional officers.
301.285 - In-service and work experience training.
301.286 - State identification upon release from prison.
301.287 - Correctional officer overtime.
301.29 - Bonds of employees; police powers; investigation of complaints.
301.30 - Inmate wages, allowances and release payments.
301.315 - Corrections programs report.
301.32 - Property of prisoners, residents and probationers.
301.323 - Vendors of personal property items.
301.325 - Prisoner reimbursement to the state.
301.328 - Judgment for litigation loans to prisoners.
301.33 - Freedom of worship; religious ministration.
301.35 - Law enforcement officer access to department records.
301.36 - General supervision and inspection by department.
301.37 - County buildings; establishment, approval, inspection.
301.373 - Operating loss reimbursement program.
301.38 - Notification of victims and witnesses about prisoner escapes.
301.45 - Sex offender registration.
301.46 - Access to information concerning sex offenders.
301.47 - Sex offender name changes prohibited.
301.475 - Sex offenders to notify schools.
301.48 - Global positioning system tracking and residency requirement for certain sex offenders.
301.49 - Global positioning system tracking for persons who violate certain orders or injunctions.