CHAPTER 304
PAROLES AND PARDONS
304.01 Parole commission and commission chairperson; general duties.
304.02 Special action parole release.
304.06 Paroles from state prisons and house of correction.
304.062 Ordering parolees to perform community service work.
304.063 Notification prior to release on parole.
304.065 Offender release information.
304.072 Period of probation or parole tolled.
304.073 Administrative and minimum supervision.
304.074 Reimbursement fee for persons on probation and parole.
304.075 Probationer and parolee loan fund.
304.078 Civil rights restored to convicted persons satisfying sentence.
304.08 Applications for pardon; regulations.
304.09 Notice of pardon application.
304.10 Pardon application papers; victim's statement.
304.11 Conditional pardon; enforcement.
304.115 Emergency removal.
304.12 Execution and record of warrants.
304.13 Uniform act for out-of-state parolee supervision; state compacts.
304.135 Out-of-state parolee supervision without compact.
304.137 Determination concerning submission of human biological specimen.
304.14 Cooperative return of parole and probation violators.
304.15 Nonapplicability of chapter.
Ch. 304 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
301.01.
304.01
304.01
Parole commission and commission chairperson; general duties. 304.01(1)(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.
304.01(2)
(2) The parole commission shall conduct regularly scheduled interviews to consider the parole of eligible inmates of the adult correctional institutions under the control of the department of corrections, eligible inmates transferred under
ch. 51 and under the control of the department of health and family services and eligible inmates in any county house of correction. The department of corrections shall provide all of the following to the parole commission:
304.01(2)(a)
(a) Records relating to inmates which are in the custody of the department and are necessary to the conduct of the commission's responsibilities.
304.01(2)(b)
(b) Scheduling assistance for parole interviews at the correctional institutions.
304.01(2)(c)
(c) Clerical support related to the parole interviews.
304.01(2)(d)
(d) Appropriate physical space at the correctional institutions to conduct the parole interviews.
304.01 History
History: 1989 a. 31;
1995 a. 27 s.
9126 (19).
304.02
304.02
Special action parole release. 304.02(1)
(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 (1) (b).
304.02(2)
(2) The department shall promulgate rules for the special action 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 under
s. 304.06 (1) (c) and
(g) of releases, and conditions of release. If applicable, the department shall also comply with
s. 304.063.
304.02(3)
(3) Notwithstanding any eligibility criteria prescribed by department rule, a prisoner is eligible for special action release to parole supervision without meeting the eligibility criteria if all of the following conditions are met:
304.02(3)(a)
(a) The prisoner population equals or exceeds the statewide prisoner population limit promulgated by rule under
s. 301.055.
304.02(3)(b)
(b) The prisoner is not currently incarcerated regarding a felony conviction for an assaultive crime.
304.02(3)(c)
(c) The institution social worker or the probation and parole agent of record has reason to believe the prisoner will be able to maintain himself or herself in society without engaging in assaultive activity.
304.02(3)(d)
(d) The inmate is not granted a special action release more than 18 months before his or her expected release date under
s. 302.11.
304.02(4)
(4) If a person is sentenced under
s. 973.032, he or she is eligible for a release to parole supervision under this section and remains in the intensive sanctions program unless discharged by the department under
s. 301.048 (6).
304.06
304.06
Paroles from state prisons and house of correction. 304.06(1)(a)1.
1. "Member of the family" means spouse, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.
304.06(1)(a)2.
2. "Victim" means a person against whom a crime has been committed.
304.06(1)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
sub. (1m) or
s. 302.045 (3),
961.49 (2) or
973.0135, the parole commission may parole an inmate of the Wisconsin state prisons or any felon or any person serving at least one year or more in a county house of correction or a county reforestation camp organized under
s. 303.07, when he or she has served 25% of the sentence imposed for the offense, or 6 months, whichever is greater. Except as provided in
s. 939.62 (2m) or
973.014, the parole commission may parole an inmate serving a life term when he or she has served 20 years, as modified by the formula under
s. 302.11 (1) and subject to extension using the formulas under
s. 302.11 (2). The person serving the life term shall be given credit for time served prior to sentencing under
s. 973.155, including good time under
s. 973.155 (4). The secretary may grant special action parole releases under
s. 304.02. The department or the parole commission shall not provide any convicted offender or other person sentenced to the department's custody any parole eligibility or evaluation until the person has been confined at least 60 days following sentencing.
304.06(1)(c)
(c) If an inmate applies for parole under this subsection, the parole commission shall notify the following, if they can be found, in accordance with
par. (d):
304.06(1)(c)1.
1. The office of the court that participated in the trial or that accepted the inmate's plea of guilty or no contest, whichever is applicable.
304.06(1)(c)2.
2. The office of the district attorney that participated in the trial of the inmate or that prepared for proceedings under
s. 971.08 regarding the inmate's plea of guilty or no contest, whichever is applicable.
304.06(1)(c)3.
3. The victim of the crime committed by the inmate 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, upon submission of a card under
par. (f) requesting notification.
