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 include any person in the intensive sanctions program under s. 301.048 or any person who is imprisoned as an alternative to the revocation of probation, extended supervision or parole.
(b) “Victim" means a person against whom a crime has been committed.
(2) If a prisoner escapes from a Type 1 prison, the department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify all of the following persons, if they can be found, in accordance with sub. (3) and after receiving a completed card under sub. (4):
(a) The victim of the crime committed by the prisoner or, if the victim died as a result of the crime, an adult member of the victim's family or, if the victim is younger than 18 years old, the victim's parent or legal guardian.
(b) Any witness who testified against the prisoner in any court proceeding involving the offense.
(3) The department shall make a reasonable effort to notify the person by telephone as soon as possible after the escape and after any subsequent apprehension of the prisoner.
(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for any person specified in sub. (2) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for any such person to provide his or her name, telephone number and mailing address, the name of the applicable prisoner and any other information that the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub. (2). These persons may send completed cards to the department. All department records or portions of records that relate to telephone numbers and mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1).
History: 1995 a. 74; 1997 a. 181, 283; 2009 a. 28.
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.