Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 349 - Municipal lockup facilities › Section DOC 349.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Administer" has the meaning given in s.
			 450.01(1),
			 Stats.
(1m) "Adult" means a person
			 who is 18 years of age or older, except that for purposes of investigating or
			 prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal
			 criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "adult" means a person
			 who has attained 17 years of age.
(2) "Cell" means a secure room designed and
			 used as a sleeping room for one person confined in a lockup facility.
(3) "Confinement" means placement in a cell
			 or holding room of a person who has been arrested and is awaiting an initial
			 appearance in court or to post bond.
(4) "Contraband" means any item not allowed
			 in a lockup by the lockup administrator.
(4m) "Delinquent act" means an act which is
			 committed by a juvenile who is 10 years of age or older and which is a
			 violation of any state or federal criminal law, except as provided in ss.
			 938.17,
			 938.18,
			 and
			 938.183,
			 Stats., or which constitutes a contempt of court, as defined in s.
			 785.01(1),
			 Stats., as specified in s.
			 938.355(6g),
			 Stats.
(5) "Deliver" or "delivery"
			 has the meaning given in s.
			 450.01(5),
			 Stats.
(6) "Department" means the
			 Wisconsin department of corrections.
(7) "Detention strength" means strong enough
			 to resist damage an inmate could inflict with tools or equipment that would
			 normally be in his or her possession.
(8) "Division" means the division of
			 probation and parole.
(9) "Health
			 screening form" means the form or forms developed by a lockup facility to
			 obtain at admission information relating to each inmate's medical and dental
			 condition, medical illnesses or disabilities, mental illnesses, developmental
			 disabilities, alcohol or other drug abuse problems and suicide risk.
(10) "Holding room" means a secure room in
			 the lockup designed for holding, after arrest, one or more inmates of the same
			 sex and security classification and segregated according to the requirements
			 specified in s.
			 302.36,
			 Stats., for purposes of processing admissions and releases.
(10m) "Juvenile" means a person who is less
			 than 18 years of age, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting
			 a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal criminal law or
			 any civil law or municipal ordinance, "juvenile" does not include a person who
			 has attained 17 years of age.
(11)
			 "Lockup administrator" means the person in charge of lockup operations or a
			 designee.
(12) "Lockup facility" or
			 "lockup" means a temporary place of detention within a police station which is
			 used exclusively for confinement of persons under arrest before those persons
			 are brought before a court or post bond.
(13) "Privileged mail" means any written
			 materials between an inmate and an attorney, court, government or facility
			 official.
(14) "Secretary" means
			 the secretary of the department.
(14m) "Secure custody status" means the
			 status of a juvenile in a lockup facility, which begins when the juvenile is
			 placed in a cell, holding room, or other locked or secure room within the
			 lockup and which ends when the juvenile is released from custody or is removed
			 from the secure portion of a police station.
(15) "Secure detention area of the lockup"
			 means the area within the secure outer boundaries of a lockup.
(16) "Security classification" means a
			 grouping of inmates based on the level of supervision required, the nature of
			 the offense or offenses for which the inmates were arrested and any other
			 criteria set by the lockup administrator.
(17) "Special needs inmate" means an inmate
			 who is identified or suspected of having a medical illness or disability,
			 mental illness, a developmental disability or alcohol or other drug abuse
			 problem or who is a suicide risk.