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.

301.335   Treatment records.

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.

301.50   Notification of intent to chaperone sex offenders.

301.001 301.001 Purposes of chapters. The purposes of this chapter and chs. 302 to 304 are to prevent delinquency and crime by an attack on their causes; to provide a just, humane and efficient program of rehabilitation of offenders; and to coordinate and integrate corrections programs with other social services. In creating the department of corrections, chs. 301 to 304, the legislature intends that the state continue to avoid sole reliance on incarceration of offenders and continue to develop, support and maintain professional community programs and placements.

301.001 History History: 1989 a. 31, 107; 1995 a. 27.

301.001 Annotation The Department of Corrections must follow its own rules. It is not harmless error for an agency to disobey its own procedural regulations. State ex rel. Anderson-El v. Cooke, 2000 WI 40, 234 Wis. 2d 626, 610 N.W.2d 821, 98-0715.

301.01 301.01 Definitions. In this chapter and chs. 302 to 304:

301.01(1) (1) “Department” means the department of corrections.

301.01(1m) (1m) “Juvenile correctional facility” has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (10p).

301.01(1n) (1n) “Juvenile correctional services” means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).

301.01(2) (2) “Prisoner” means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned, or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to s. 55.06 (11) (a), 2003 stats., or s. 51.15, 51.20, 51.45 (11) (b), or 55.135 or ch. 980. “Prisoner” does not include any of the following:

301.01(2)(a) (a) Any person who is serving a sentence of detention under s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under s. 973.03 (4) (c).