304.06 Annotation
A parole violation may not be proved entirely by unsubstantiated hearsay testimony. State ex rel. Henschel v. H&SS Dept.
91 Wis. 2d 268,
280 N.W.2d 785 (Ct. App. 1979).
304.06 Annotation
Equal protection does not require symmetry in probation and parole systems. State v. Aderhold,
91 Wis. 2d 306,
284 N.W.2d 108 (Ct. App. 1979).
304.06 Annotation
A probationer's due process right to prompt revocation proceedings was not triggered when the probationer was detained as result of unrelated criminal proceedings. State ex rel. Alvarez v. Lotter,
91 Wis. 2d 329,
283 N.W.2d 408 (Ct. App. 1979).
304.06 Annotation
An inmate who entered into Mutual Agreement Program (MAP) "contract" for discretionary parole may not bring a civil action for breach of contract. Coleman v. Percy,
96 Wis. 2d 578,
292 N.W.2d 615 (1980).
304.06 Annotation
A mandatory release parole violator may be required to serve beyond the final discharge date originally set by the trial court. State ex rel. Bieser v. Percy,
97 Wis. 2d 702,
295 N.W.2d 179 (Ct. App. 1980).
304.06 Annotation
Because courts have exclusive criminal jurisdiction, criminal charges against a defendant were not collaterally estopped even though a parole revocation hearing examiner concluded that the defendant's acts did not merit parole revocation. State v. Spanbauer,
108 Wis. 2d 548,
322 N.W.2d 511 (Ct. App. 1982).
304.06 Annotation
Due process was not violated by holding two revocation hearings dealing with the same conduct when the first hearing was based on facts and the second hearing was based on a conviction. State ex rel. Leroy v. DHSS,
110 Wis. 2d 291,
329 N.W.2d 229 (Ct. App. 1982).
304.06 Annotation
Sub. (1r) creates a presumption for parole for inmates who obtain a high school equivalency diploma that does not otherwise apply; to give effect to that presumption, a substantively different standard must be applied than in ordinary parole cases under sub. (1) (b). Hansen v. Dane County Circuit Ct.
181 Wis. 2d 993,
513 N.W.2d 139 (Ct. App. 1994).
304.06 Annotation
The doctrine of issue preclusion should not be applied to findings in parole and probation revocation hearings to prevent criminal prosecutions on the same issue. State v. Terry, 2000 WI 250,
239 Wis. 2d 519,
620 N.W.2d 217.
304.06 Annotation
Sub. (3) does not provide authority to the department of corrections to make and enforce rules binding on the division of hearings and appeals regarding the revocation of parole or period of reincarceration in contested cases. The decision to impose reincarceration time is solely that of the division of hearings and appeals, and a department of corrections manual has no binding effect upon it. George v. Schwarz, 2001 WI App 72,
242 Wis. 2d 450,
626 N.W.2d 57,
00-2711.
304.06 Annotation
Sub. (1m) permits the waiver of the minimum sentence service requirement if certain conditions are met. Such a determination removes the parole eligibility conditions that would otherwise apply under par. (1) (b), but it does not eliminate the necessity for a parole hearing. While the grant of parole might logically follow from a determination of extraordinary circumstances, the statute does not dictate that result. State ex rel. Szymanski v. Gamble, 2001 WI App 118,
244 Wis. 2d 272,
630 N.W.2d 570,
00-2272.
304.06 Annotation
A rule that inmates must always be released from physical custody before any revocation is commenced would elevate form over substance. When inmates violate probation terms immediately and simultaneously with their scheduled mandatory release dates, the DOC may maintain continuous custody, even though that person's status changes from a prisoner serving a sentence to a parolee detained on a parole hold. Riesch v. Schwarz, 2005 WI 11,
278 Wis. 2d 24,
692 N.W.2d 219,
03-0920.
304.06 Annotation
When required by the right to effectively present a defense, the state must issue, and for an indigent pay the costs of, compulsory process to obtain the attendance of witnesses on behalf of probationers and parolees at revocation proceedings. 63 Atty. Gen. 176.
304.06 Annotation
When a probationer or parolee is charged with a crime and may have otherwise violated conditions of release, revocation hearings based on the non-criminal violations should be held without delay. 65 Atty. Gen. 20.
304.06 Annotation
A convict has no constitutional right to be paroled. Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal Inmates,
442 U.S. 1 (1979).
304.06 Annotation
A state administrative rule imposing an absolute bar on international travel by parolees is constitutional. Williams v. State,
336 F.3d 576 (2003).
304.06 Annotation
Probation and parole revocation in Wisconsin. 1977 WLR 503.
304.062
304.062
Ordering parolees and persons on extended supervision to perform community service work. 304.062(1)(1) The department may order that a parolee or a person on extended supervision perform community service work for a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization. An order may apply only if agreed to by the parolee or the person on extended supervision and the organization or agency. The department shall ensure that the parolee or the person on extended supervision is provided a written statement of the terms of the community service order and shall monitor the compliance of the parolee or person on extended supervision with the community service order.
304.062(2)
(2) Any organization or agency acting in good faith to which a parolee or person on extended supervision is assigned under an order under this section has immunity from any civil liability in excess of $25,000 for acts or omissions by or impacting on the parolee or person on extended supervision. The department has immunity from any civil liability for acts or omissions by or impacting on the parolee or person on extended supervision regarding the assignment under this section.
304.062 History
History: 1995 a. 96;
1997 a. 283.
304.063
304.063
Notification prior to release on extended supervision or parole. 304.063(1)(a)
(a) "Member of the family" means spouse, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.
304.063(1)(b)
(b) "Victim" means a person against whom a crime has been committed.
304.063(2)
(2) Before a prisoner is released on parole under
s. 302.11,
304.02 or
304.06 or on extended supervision under
s. 302.113 or
302.114, if applicable, for a violation of
s. 940.01,
940.03,
940.05,
940.225 (1) or
(2),
948.02 (1) or
(2),
948.025,
948.06,
948.07, or
948.085, 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):
304.063(2)(a)
(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.
304.063(2)(b)
(b) Any witness who testified against the prisoner in any court proceeding involving the offense.
304.063(3)
(3) The department shall make a reasonable attempt to send the notice, postmarked at least 7 days before a prisoner is released on parole or extended supervision, to the last-known address of the persons under
sub. (2).
304.063(4)
(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 and address, the name of the applicable prisoner and any other information 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 mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under
s. 19.35 (1).
304.065
304.065
Offender release information. The department shall obtain computer software and use the software to provide local law enforcement agencies with information regarding offenders who have been released to or placed in the agencies' jurisdictions.
304.065 History
History: 1993 a. 98.
304.071(1)(1) The parole commission may at any time grant a parole to any prisoner in any penal institution of this state, or the department may at any time suspend the supervision of any person who is on probation or parole to the department, if the prisoner or person on probation or parole is eligible for induction into the U.S. armed forces. The suspension of parole or probation shall be for the duration of his or her service in the armed forces; and the parole or probation shall again become effective upon his or her discharge from the armed forces in accordance with regulations prescribed by the department. If he or she receives an honorable discharge from the armed forces, the governor may discharge him or her and the discharge has the effect of a pardon. Upon the suspension of parole or probation by the department, the department shall issue an order setting forth the conditions under which the parole or probation is suspended, including instructions as to where and when and to whom the paroled person shall report upon discharge from the armed forces.
304.072
304.072
Period of probation, extended supervision or parole tolled. 304.072(1)(1) If the department of corrections in the case of a parolee, probationer or person on extended supervision who is reinstated or waives a hearing or the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration in the case of a hearing determines that a parolee, probationer or person on extended supervision has violated the terms of his or her supervision, the department or division may toll all or any part of the period of time between the date of the violation and the date an order of revocation or reinstatement is entered, subject to credit according to the terms of
s. 973.155 for any time the parolee, probationer or person on extended supervision spent confined in connection with the violation.
304.072(2)
(2) If a parolee, probationer or person on extended supervision is alleged to have violated the terms of his or her supervision but the department or division determines that the alleged violation was not proven, the period between the alleged violation and the determination shall be treated as service of the probationary, extended supervision or parole period.
304.072(3)
(3) Except as provided in
s. 973.09 (3) (b), the department preserves jurisdiction over a probationer, parolee or person on extended supervision if it commences an investigation, issues a violation report or issues an apprehension request concerning an alleged violation prior to the expiration of the probationer's, parolee's or person's term of supervision.
304.072(4)
(4) The sentence of a revoked parolee or person on extended supervision resumes running on the day he or she is received at a correctional institution subject to sentence credit for the period of custody in a jail, correctional institution or any other detention facility pending revocation according to the terms of
s. 973.155.
304.072(5)
(5) The sentence of a revoked probationer shall be credited with the period of custody in a jail, correctional institution or any other detention facility pending revocation and commencement of sentence according to the terms of
s. 973.155.
304.072 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
DOC 331.01, Wis. adm. code.
304.072 Annotation
The court can revoke a probation after the probationary period has expired when the defendant has committed several crimes during the period. Williams v. State,
50 Wis. 2d 709,
184 N.W.2d 844 (1971).
304.072 Annotation
Before the tolling statute applies, the department must make a final determination that a violation occurred. Locklear v. State,
87 Wis. 2d 392,
274 N.W.2d 898 (Ct. App. 1978).
304.072 Annotation
When revocation proceedings were initiated prior to expiration of the parole period, parole was properly revoked after the period expired. State ex rel. Avery v. Percy,
99 Wis. 2d 459,
299 N.W.2d 886 (Ct. App. 1980).
304.072 Annotation
The department may not grant jail credit where it is not provided for by statute.
71 Atty. Gen. 102.
304.072 Note
NOTE: The preceding annotations concern s. 57.072, 1975 stats., [now s. 304.072] which was repealed and recreated by ch. 353, laws of 1977 and again by
Act 528, laws of 1983.
304.072 Annotation
Sub. (3) applies to all parole violations that occur before the offender's date of discharge from his or her entire sentence. DOC had jurisdiction to revoke a 2nd period of parole for a violation that the defendant committed during his first, and later revoked, period of parole when the violation was not discovered until the 2nd parole period. Department of Corrections v. Schwarz, 2005 WI 34,
279 Wis. 2d 223,
693 N.W.2d 703,
03-2001 304.072 Annotation
A term of supervision under sub. (3) includes the nonconfinement and confinement time arising from the same sentencing decision. With regard to identifying a term of supervision, probation, incarceration, and extended supervision are each a component of the sentence. A person who initially serves a term of probation that is ultimately revoked, and following revocation serves a bifurcated prison term, can be revoked from that prison term's extended supervision component on the basis of a rules violation that occurred during the initial term of probation. McElvaney v. Schwarz, 2008 WI App 102, ___ Wis. 2d ___, ___ N.W.2d ___,
07-0415.
304.074
304.074
Reimbursement fee for persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision. 304.074(2)
(2) The department shall charge a fee to probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision to partially reimburse the department for the costs of providing supervision and services. The department shall set varying rates for probationers, parolees, or persons on extended supervision based on ability to pay and with the goal of receiving at least $1 per day, if appropriate, from each probationer, parolee, and person on extended supervision. The department shall not charge a fee while the probationer, parolee, or person on extended supervision is exempt under
sub. (3). The department shall collect moneys for the fees charged under this subsection and credit those moneys to the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (1) (gf).
304.074(3)
(3) The department may decide not to charge a fee under
sub. (2) to any probationer, parolee or person on extended supervision while he or she meets any of the following conditions:
304.074(3)(b)
(b) Is pursuing a full-time course of instruction approved by the department.
304.074(3)(c)
(c) Is undergoing treatment approved by the department and is unable to work.
304.074(3)(d)
(d) Has a statement from a physician certifying to the department that the probationer, parolee or person on extended supervision should be excused from working for medical reasons.
304.074(4m)(a)(a) If a probationer, parolee or person on extended supervision who owes unpaid fees to the department under
sub. (2) is discharged from probation or from his or her sentence before the department collects the unpaid fees, the department shall, at the time of discharge, issue a notice to the probationer, parolee or person on extended supervision that states that he or she owes unpaid fees under
sub. (2) and that he or she is responsible for the payment of the unpaid fees. The notice under this paragraph shall be issued with the certificate of discharge required under
s. 304.078 or
973.09 (5).
304.074(4m)(b)
(b) The department may request the attorney general to bring a civil action to recover unpaid fees owed to the department under
sub. (2) by a person who has been discharged from probation or from his or her sentence and who, at the time of discharge, owed the department unpaid fees under
sub. (2). Before requesting the attorney general to bring a civil action under this paragraph, the department shall deduct any fees owed to the department that were inaccurately assessed against the person.
304.074(5)
(5) The department shall promulgate rules setting rates under
sub. (2) and providing the procedure and timing for collecting fees charged under
sub. (2).
304.075
304.075
Loan fund for probationers, parolees and persons on extended supervision. The department shall create a revolving fund out of any moneys in its hands belonging to probationers, parolees or persons on extended supervision who absconded, or whose whereabouts are unknown. The fund shall be used to defray the expenses of clothing, transportation, maintenance and other necessities for probationers, parolees and persons on extended supervision who are without means to secure those necessities. All payments made from the fund shall be repaid by probationers, parolees or persons on extended supervision for whose benefit they are made whenever possible; and any moneys belonging to them so paid into the revolving fund shall be repaid to them in accordance with law, in case a claim therefor is filed with the department upon showing the legal right of the claimant to such money.
304.075 History
History: 1977 c. 29;
1989 a. 31 s.
1705; Stats. 1989 s. 304.075;
1997 a. 283.
304.078
304.078
Restoration of civil rights of convicted persons. 304.078(1)(a)
(a) "Imprisonment" includes parole and extended supervision.
304.078(2)
(2) Except as provided in
sub. (3), every person who is convicted of a crime obtains a restoration of his or her civil rights by serving out his or her term of imprisonment or otherwise satisfying his or her sentence. The certificate of the department or other responsible supervising agency that a convicted person has served his or her sentence or otherwise satisfied the judgment against him or her is evidence of that fact and that the person is restored to his or her civil rights. The department or other agency shall list in the person's certificate rights which have been restored and which have not been restored. Persons who served out their terms of imprisonment or otherwise satisfied their sentences prior to August 14, 1947, are likewise restored to their civil rights from and after September 25, 1959.
304.078(3)
(3) If a person is disqualified from voting under
s. 6.03 (1) (b), his or her right to vote is restored when he or she completes the term of imprisonment or probation for the crime that led to the disqualification. The department or, if the person is sentenced to a county jail or house of correction, the jailer shall inform the person in writing at the time his or her right to vote is restored under this subsection.
304.078 History
History: 1987 a. 226;
1989 a. 31 s.
1706; Stats. 1989 s. 304.078;
2003 a. 121.
304.078 Annotation
Restoration of civil rights is not a "pardon" for the purposes of liquor and cigarette license statutes. 60 Atty. Gen. 452.
304.078 Annotation
A person convicted of a crime whose sentence has been satisfied may vote. 61 Atty. Gen. 260.
304.078 Annotation
A convicted felon whose civil rights have been restored pursuant to 57.078 [now 304.078] is barred from the office of notary public unless he or she has been pardoned. 63 Atty. Gen. 74.
304.078 Annotation
The operation of this section on a prior conviction is irrelevant to a conviction for which a prior conviction is a predicate. Roehl v. U.S.
977 F.2d 375 (1992).
304.08
304.08
Applications for pardon; regulations. All applications for pardon of any convict serving sentence of one year or more, except for pardons to be granted within 10 days next before the time when the convict would be otherwise entitled to discharge pursuant to law, shall be made and conducted in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and according to such additional regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the governor.
304.08 History
History: 1989 a. 31 s.
1707; Stats. 1989 s. 304.08.
304.08 Annotation
Executive clemency in Wisconsin. Bauer, 1973 WLR 1154.
304.09
304.09
Notice of pardon application. 304.09(1)(a)
(a) "Member of the family" means spouse, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.
304.09(1)(b)
(b) "Victim" means a person against whom a crime has been committed.
304.09(2)
(2) The notice of the pardon application shall state the name of the convict, the crime of which he or she was convicted, the date and term of sentence and the date if known, when the application is to be heard by the governor. The notice shall be served on the following persons, if they can be found:
304.09(2)(a)
(a) The judge who participated in the trial of the convict.
304.09(2)(b)
(b) The district attorney who participated in the trial of the convict.
304.09(2)(c)
(c) The victim or, if the victim is dead, an adult member of the victim's family.
304.09(3)
(3) The notice shall inform the persons under
sub. (2) of the manner in which they may provide written statements or participate in any applicable hearing. The applicant shall serve notice on the persons under
sub. (2) (a) and
(b) at least 3 weeks before the hearing of the application. The governor shall make a reasonable attempt to serve notice on the person under
sub. (2) (c) at least 3 weeks before the hearing of the application. The notice shall be published at least once each week for 2 successive weeks before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the offense was committed. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the door of the courthouse of the county for 3 weeks before the hearing and published once each week for 2 consecutive weeks before the hearing in a newspaper published in an adjoining county. Publication as required in this subsection shall be completed by a date designated by the governor. The date shall be a reasonable time prior to the hearing date.
