LRB-0893/P2
CMH&MLJ:klm
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Frederick, BB0066 - Permit inmates confined to county jails to participate in work release
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Correctional System
Adult correctional system
This bill permits inmates confined in county jails to participate in work release.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.410 (1) (ab) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.410
(1) (ab)
Corrections contracts and agreements. The amounts in the schedule for payments made in accordance with contracts entered into under ss. 301.21, 302.25
, and 302.27
(1), contracts entered into with the federal government under
18 USC 5003, and intra-agency agreements relating to the placement of prisoners.
Section
2. 302.27 of the statutes is renumbered 302.27 (1) and amended to read:
302.27 (1) The department may contract with local governments for temporary housing or detention in county jails or county houses of correction for persons placed on probation or sentenced to imprisonment in state prisons or to the intensive sanctions program. The rate under any such contract may not exceed $60 per person per day. Nothing in this section subsection limits the authority of the department to place persons in jails under s. 301.048 (3) (a) 1.
Section
3. 302.27 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
302.27 (2) Inmates who are assigned to detention in a county jail under sub. (1) may be eligible to participate in employment-related programs under s. 303.08 (1) (a), (b), (bn), and (d). The sheriff, in conjunction with the department, shall determine inmate eligibility to participate in employment-related programs and may terminate program participation or return an inmate to state facilities, or both, at any time.
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