302.336 County jail in populous counties.
(1) A county having a population of 750,000 or more shall provide, as part of its county jail, for the confinement of all persons arrested for violation of state laws or municipal ordinances or otherwise detained by police officers of a 1st class city located within the county. A contribution toward the construction and equipment of the county jail from a 1st class city accepted by a county having a population of 750,000 or more under an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s. 66.0301 is made for a municipal purpose, and a 1st class city may borrow money under ch. 67, appropriate funds and levy taxes for that purpose.
(2) Prisoners confined in the county jail under sub. (1) are in the legal custody of the county sheriff or other keeper of the jail. The sheriff or other keeper is legally responsible for any such prisoner's confinement; maintenance; care, including medical and hospital care; release prior to an initial appearance in court; and the initial appearance before the circuit court or the initial appearance before a municipal court at a location within the county jail.
(3) Except as provided in sub. (4) and ss. 302.33 (2) and 302.38, a county under sub. (1) is solely responsible for:
(a) The costs of operating and maintaining the county jail and maintaining the prisoners in the county jail.
(b) The costs of carrying out its legal responsibilities under sub. (2).
(4) An intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s. 66.0301 between a city and a county under sub. (1) may provide for the city to reimburse the county for its cost of custody at the initial appearance before a municipal court located within the county jail for prisoners who are in custody exclusively for violation of a municipal ordinance.
History: 1989 a. 261; 1989 a. 359 s. 200; Stats. 1989 s. 302.336; 1995 a. 43; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 302 - Prisons; state, county and municipal.
302.01 - State prisons defined and named.
302.02 - Jurisdiction and extent of state correctional institutions.
302.025 - Service of process on prison officers, employees, or inmates.
302.04 - Duties of warden and superintendents.
302.043 - Release of inmates serving risk reduction sentences.
302.045 - Challenge incarceration program.
302.05 - Wisconsin substance abuse program.
302.055 - Transfer of inmates to resource center.
302.06 - Delivery of persons to prisons.
302.07 - Maintenance of order.
302.08 - Humane treatment and punishment.
302.09 - Labor and communications.
302.095 - Delivering articles to inmate.
302.10 - Solitary confinement.
302.105 - Notification prior to expiration of sentence.
302.107 - Notification upon revocation.
302.113 - Release to extended supervision for felony offenders not serving life sentences.
302.116 - Extended supervision conditions for sex offenders.
302.117 - Notice regarding ineligibility to vote.
302.13 - Preservation of property an inmate brings to prison.
302.15 - Activities off grounds.
302.18 - Transfers of inmates.
302.185 - Transfer to foreign countries under treaty.
302.19 - Temporary detention of inmates.
302.20 - Uniforms for correctional officers.
302.21 - Vocational education program in auto body repair at the Green Bay Correctional Institution.
302.25 - Interstate corrections compact.
302.26 - Corrections compact; contracts with other states; approval.
302.27 - Contracts for temporary housing for or detention of persons on probation or prisoners.
302.315 - Use of county house of correction.
302.336 - County jail in populous counties.
302.34 - Use of jail of another county.
302.35 - Removal of prisoners in emergency.
302.36 - Classification of prisoners.
302.365 - Jail and house of correction program standards.
302.37 - Maintenance of jail and care of prisoners.
302.372 - Prisoner reimbursement to a county.
302.373 - Prisoner reimbursement to municipality.
302.375 - Restrictions on liquor and dangerous drugs; placement of prisoners.
302.38 - Medical care of prisoners.
302.381 - Emergency services for crisis intervention for prisoners.
302.383 - Mental health treatment of prisoners.
302.384 - Procedure if a prisoner refuses appropriate care or treatment.
302.385 - Correctional institution health care.
302.386 - Medical and dental services for prisoners and forensic patients.
302.388 - Prisoner medical records.
302.39 - Freedom of worship; religious ministration.
302.40 - Discipline; solitary confinement.
302.42 - Jailer constantly at jail.
302.425 - Home detention programs.
302.44 - Cooperation between counties regarding prisoners.
302.445 - Confinement of county jail prisoners in tribal jails.
302.446 - Confinement of tribal prisoners in county jails.