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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.13 - Escapes

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each institution shall have a written
			 plan to be implemented if an escape occurs or is attempted. The security
			 director shall prepare this plan and shall review and update the plan yearly. A
			 copy of the plan shall be filed with the administrator.
(2) As soon as possible following an escape,
			 staff shall write and submit incident reports including:
(a) The method of escape;
(b) Who was involved in the escape;
(c) A description of the escapee, including
			 clothing worn;
(d) Action taken by
			 the institution, including procedures initiated;
(e) Factors which may have contributed to the
			 escape; and
(f) The identification
			 of persons who may have information about the escape.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.16 - Search of inmate living quarters

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Staff may
			 conduct a search of the living quarters of any inmate at any time. Entry into
			 the living quarters of an inmate by a staff member to retrieve state property
			 does not constitute a search of the living quarters of an inmate.
(2) The institution shall maintain a written
			 record of all searches conducted under sub. (1), which shall include:
(a) The identity of the staff member who
			 conducted the search;
(b) The date
			 and time of the search;
(c) The
			 identity of the inmate whose living quarters were searched;
(d) The reason for conducting the search. If
			 the search was a random one, the report shall so state;
(e) Any objects which were seized pursuant to
			 the search; and
(f) Whether any
			 damage was done to the premises during the search.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.17 - Search of inmates

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PERSONAL SEARCH.
(a) In this subsection, "personal search"
			 means a search of a person, including, but not limited to, the clothing,
			 frisking the body, and an inspection of the mouth.
(b) Any staff member may conduct a personal
			 search of an inmate under any of the following circumstances:
1. If the staff member has reasonable grounds
			 to believe that the inmate possesses contraband.
2. At the direction of a supervisor either
			 verbally or in written job instructions, post orders, or policies and
			 procedures.
3. Before an inmate
			 enters or leaves the security enclosure of a maximum or medium security
			 institution or the grounds of a minimum-security institution.
4. Before an inmate enters or leaves the
			 segregation unit or changes status within the segregation unit of an
			 institution.
5. Before and after a
			 visit to an inmate or as part of a periodic search or lockdown of a housing
			 unit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.18 - Search of visitors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Before a visit by a non-inmate to an
			 institution is permitted, the staff member responsible for the admission of
			 visitors shall be satisfied that the visitor is not carrying any unauthorized
			 objects into the institution.
(2)
			 The institution shall have information readily available to visitors informing
			 them of the objects they may carry into the institution. The institution may
			 provide a place for the safekeeping of objects that may not be carried into the
			 institution.
(3) Before admitting a
			 visitor, the staff member responsible for admission may require the visitor to
			 empty pockets and containers, permit the inspection of containers and submit
			 the visitor and objects carried by the visitor into the institution to
			 inspection by a device designed to detect metal or other unauthorized
			 objects.
(4) The warden may require
			 a visitor to submit to a personal search or strip search as defined in s.
			 DOC
			 306.17(1) and (2) prior to entering
			 the institution. The staff member may conduct such a search only with the
			 approval of the warden, who shall require the search only if there are
			 reasonable grounds to believe the visitor is concealing an unauthorized
			 object.
(5) The staff member shall
			 write a report if the visitor refuses to submit to a search or if the search is
			 conducted, and shall submit the report to the security director, with a copy to
			 the warden and the administrator. The report shall include:
(a) The identity of the staff member and the
			 person who approved the search;
(b)
			 The identity of the visitor and the inmate being visited;
(c) The date and time of the search or
			 proposed search;
(d) The reason for
			 the request to permit a search which shall include the basis for the belief
			 that unauthorized objects were concealed by the visitor; and
(e) Whether unauthorized objects were seized
			 pursuant to the search and their description.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.19 - Search of staff

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The warden may require that a staff
			 member be searched while on the grounds of an institution or require that a
			 staff member's car be searched while on institution grounds. The institution
			 may conduct such a search by requiring the staff members to empty pockets and
			 containers and submit themselves and objects they carry into the institution to
			 inspection by a device designed to detect metal or other unauthorized objects,
			 a personal search, or a strip search, as defined under s.
			 DOC
			 306.17(1) and (2). Before a strip
			 search of a staff member or the search of a staff members' vehicle is
			 conducted, the warden and the administrator shall approve the search. They
			 shall approve the search only if there are reasonable grounds to believe the
			 staff member is concealing an unauthorized object. The institution shall not
			 admit a staff member who refuses to submit to a search into the institution or
			 may remove such a staff member from the institution and may subject the staff
			 member to disciplinary action.
(2)
			 If an unauthorized object is found pursuant to a search conducted under this
			 section and it is illegal to conceal or possess the object, the warden may
			 detain the staff member pursuant to ss.
			 302.04
			 and
			 302.07,
			 Stats., and shall inform a law enforcement agency and turn the object over to
			 the sheriff or law enforcement agency for referral to the district attorney. If
			 the warden determines that the staff member appears to be under the influence
			 of an intoxicating substance, the warden may detain the staff member and may
			 inform a law enforcement agency.
(3) Staff shall conduct all searches in a
			 courteous manner. Staff shall strive to protect the dignity of staff who are
			 inspected or searched.
(4) Each
			 institution shall inform staff in writing what objects they may not carry into
			 the institution.
(5) If a strip
			 search is conducted pursuant to this section, the staff member conducting the
			 search shall write and submit a report to the security director. The security
			 director shall provide a copy of the report to the warden and the
			 administrator.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.21 - Use of test results as evidence at disciplinary hearings

Current through June 24, 2024
Subject to the confirmation required under s.
				DOC
				303.60(2), the institution may use
				results of physical examinations and tests performed on body content specimens
				for the purpose of detecting intoxicating substances as evidence at a
				disciplinary hearing conducted pursuant to ch. DOC 303.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.22 - Emergency

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) If an emergency occurs that prevents the
			 normal functioning of the institution, the warden may suspend the
			 administrative rules of the department or any parts of them, except ss.
			 DOC
			 306.07 to
			 306.09, until the emergency is ended
			 and order is restored to the institution.
(2) If an emergency occurs, the secretary may
			 convene an emergency review panel to investigate the emergency. The panel shall
			 be made up of persons selected in accordance with s.
			 DOC
			 306.08(5) (d). The panel shall submit
			 a written report to the secretary that includes the facts relevant to the
			 incident and an opinion as to whether this chapter was complied with relating
			 to an emergency. The department shall provide the panel with staff adequate to
			 conduct a thorough investigation of the emergency.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.23 - Disturbance

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) If a disturbance occurs that prevents the
			 normal functioning of the institution, the warden may suspend the
			 administrative rules of the department or any parts of them, except ss.
			 DOC
			 306.07 to
			 306.09, until the disturbance is
			 ended and order is restored to the institution. The warden shall make
			 provisions for access to medical care.
(2) If a disturbance occurs and a person is
			 injured and if it results in the suspension of these rules, the secretary may
			 convene a disturbance review panel to investigate the disturbance. The
			 secretary shall appoint the panel in accordance with s.
			 DOC
			 306.08(5) (d) and the panel shall
			 submit a written report to the secretary that includes the facts relevant to
			 the incident and an opinion as to whether this chapter was complied with
			 relating to a disturbance. The department shall provide the panel with staff
			 adequate to conduct a thorough investigation of the disturbance.
(3) A staff member taken hostage has no
			 authority to order any action or inaction by staff.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 306 - Security › Section DOC 306.24 - Emergency preparedness plan

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The warden
			 shall ensure that the institution has a written emergency preparedness plan for
			 disturbances and emergencies and that a copy of the plan is filed with the
			 administrator and implemented in a disturbance or an emergency.
(2) The purposes of the written emergency
			 preparedness plan for disturbances and emergencies shall be:
(a) To ensure the safety and welfare of the
			 general public, staff, and inmates.
(b) To protect property.
(c) To maintain and restore order to the
			 institution.
(d) To identify any
			 person who participated in the disturbance, to provide for disciplinary action
			 to be taken according to these rules, and to provide relevant information to a
			 law enforcement agency so that participants can be arrested and
			 prosecuted.
(e) To identify any
			 person who contributed to the creation of an emergency and to provide this
			 information to a law enforcement agency for the person's arrest and
			 prosecution.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 308 - Administrative Confinement › Section DOC 308.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for an involuntary
				nonpunitive status for the segregated confinement of an inmate whose continued
				presence in general population poses a serious threat to life, property, self,
				staff, or other inmates, or to the security of the
				institution.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 308 - Administrative Confinement › Section DOC 308.02 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
Pursuant to authority vested in the department under ss.
				227.11(2),
				301.02 and
				301.03,
				Stats., the department adopts this chapter which applies to the department and
				all adult inmates in its legal custody. It interprets ss.
				302.07 and
				302.08,
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 308 - Administrative Confinement › Section DOC 308.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Administrative confinement review committee" or "ACRC" means the
			 administrative confinement review committee appointed by the warden, consisting
			 of 3 members, one of which shall be from security, one from treatment, and at
			 least one member shall be a supervisor who will serve as the hearing
			 officer.
(2) "Administrator" means
			 the administrator of the division of adult institutions, department of
			 corrections, or designee.
(3)
			 "Department" means the department of corrections.
(4) "Disturbance" means a riot or other
			 disturbance to institutional order caused by a group of 2 or more inmates that
			 may include one of the following:
(a) An
			 assault on any person by 2 or more inmates.
(b) The taking of one or more hostages.
(c) The destruction of state
			 property or the property of another by 2 or more inmates.
(d) The refusal by 2 or more inmates, acting
			 in concert, to comply with an order.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 308 - Administrative Confinement › Section DOC 308.04 - Administrative confinement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Administrative
			 confinement is an involuntary nonpunitive status for the segregated confinement
			 of an inmate whose continued presence in general population poses a serious
			 threat to life, property, self, staff, or other inmates, or to the security or
			 orderly running of the institution. Inmate misconduct shall be handled through
			 the disciplinary procedures.
(2) An
			 inmate may be placed in administrative confinement for any of the following
			 reasons:
(a) The inmate presents a
			 substantial risk to another person, self, or institution security as evidenced
			 by a behavior or a history of homicidal, assaultive or other violent behavior
			 or by an attempt or threat to cause that harm.
(b) The inmate's presence in the general
			 population poses a substantial risk to another person, self or institution
			 security.
(c) The inmate's activity
			 gives a staff member reason to believe that the inmate's continued presence in
			 general population will result in a riot or a disturbance.
(d) The inmate has been identified as having
			 an active affiliation with an inmate gang or street gang or there are
			 reasonable grounds to believe that the inmate has an active affiliation with an
			 inmate gang or street gang; and there is reason to believe that the inmate's
			 continued presence in the general population will result in a riot or a
			 disturbance.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.01 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter applies to the department of corrections, and to
				all inmates in the legal custody of the department, except for inmates placed
				by the department in county penal facilities used by the department or other
				state or federal penal facilities. The department promulgates this rule
				pursuant to authority conferred by ss.
				227.11(2),
				301.02, and
				301.03,
				Stats., and interprets ss.
				46.07,
				301.32,
				302.07,
				302.08,
				302.12,
				303.01, and
				303.065,
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Adjustment committee" means the
			 adjustment committee authorized under the departmental disciplinary rules to
			 impose disciplinary measures for inmate misconduct.
(2) "Administrator" means the administrator
			 of the division of adult institutions, department of corrections, or
			 designee.
(3) "Clinical services
			 unit supervisor" means the clinical services unit supervisor at an institution,
			 or designee.
(4) "Close family
			 member" under ss.
			 DOC
			 309.08 and
			 309.41 to means 309.49 the inmate's
			 natural, adoptive, step, and foster parents; spouse, children, grandparents,
			 grandchildren, or siblings. A parent surrogate is within the definition of
			 parent if an inmate substantiates that a claimed surrogate did in fact act as a
			 parent to the inmate, although the parent surrogate was not an adoptive,
			 foster, or stepparent.
(5)
			 Contraband has the meaning given in s.
			 DOC
			 303.02(8).
(6) "Department" means the department of
			 corrections.
(7) "Division" means
			 the department of corrections, division of adult institutions.
(7m) "Features" means the publication
			 contains depictions of nudity on a routine or regular basis or promotes itself
			 based upon depictions of nudity in the case of individual one-time issues. The
			 department will not prohibit a publication solely because it contains nudity
			 that has a medical, educational or anthropological purpose.
(8) "General or trust account" means an
			 account established by an institution to receive all funds for the benefit of
			 an inmate.
(9) "Human sexual
			 behavior" means the actual or simulated act of any of the following:
(a) Sexual intercourse, which means any
			 penetration, however slight, by the penis into the mouth, vagina, or anus of
			 another person, or any penetration by any part of the body or an object into
			 the anus or vagina of another person.
(b) Fellatio or cunnilingus.
(c) Sodomy.
(d) Bestiality.
(e) Masturbation.
(f) Necrophilia.
(g) Sexual sadism or sexual masochistic abuse
			 including, but not limited to, flagellation, torture, or bondage.
(h) Sexual excitement.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.03 - News media access to inmates

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Representatives
			 of the news media shall be permitted to visit correctional institutions. Visits
			 and interviews by media representatives with correctional staff and inmates can
			 foster the public's understanding of the qualities, problems, and needs of
			 inmates and institutions. Such understanding helps to develop community
			 acceptance and support of correctional objectives, including the objective of
			 successful reintegration of offenders into the community.
(2) The warden may permit news media
			 representatives to interview individual inmates, unless one of the following
			 exists:
(a) The warden believes that an
			 interview will jeopardize or be detrimental to any of the following:
1. The safety or order of the
			 institution.
2. The welfare of the
			 inmate.
3. The welfare of the
			 victim, the victim's family or the community.
4. Legitimate correctional objectives,
			 including resources.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.04 - Inmate mail

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department may allow inmates to
			 communicate with their families, friends, government officials, courts, and
			 other people concerned with the welfare of inmates consistent with the need to
			 protect the public.
(2)
(a) Incoming mail addressed to inmates may be
			 opened, examined, censored, and delivered under this section only if the inmate
			 consents in writing to receive mail through institution mail
			 services.
(b) If an inmate does not
			 consent under par. (a), the institution shall return incoming mail addressed to
			 the inmate to the post office unopened marked, "refused."
(c) The department shall permit an inmate to
			 correspond with anyone.
(d) All
			 outgoing inmate mail shall be stamped. The stamp shall identify the mail as
			 coming from the Wisconsin state prison system.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.05 - Publications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department shall facilitate inmate
			 reading of publications, including books, magazines, newspapers, and
			 pamphlets.
(2) Section applies to
			 receipt of publications. In addition, the department shall restrict receipt of
			 publications by inmates as follows:
(a)
			 Inmates may only receive publications directly from the publisher or other
			 recognized commercial sources in their packages.
(b) Inmates may not receive publications
			 that:
1. Teach or advocate violence or hatred
			 and present a danger to institutional security and order.
2. Teach or advocate behavior that violates
			 the law of the state or the United States or the rules of the
			 department.
3. Teach or describe
			 the manufacture or use of weapons, explosives, drugs, or intoxicating
			 substances.
4. Are injurious as
			 defined in s.
			 DOC
			 309.04(4) (c) 8.
5. Teach or describe the manufacture or use
			 of devices that create a substantial danger of physical harm to self or
			 others.
(c) The
			 department may not prohibit a publication on the basis of its appeal to a
			 particular ethnic, racial, or religious audience or because of the political
			 beliefs expressed therein.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.06 - Visitation

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall administer a visitation program which
				regulates visitation of inmates by family members, friends, and others
				consistent with resources available, the department's responsibility for the
				secure and orderly operation of institutions, public safety, and the protection
				of visitors, staff and inmates.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.08 - Visiting list

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each inmate shall have an approved
			 visitor's list.
(a) Except as otherwise
			 provided under this section, the warden shall only permit visitors on the
			 inmate's approved list to visit the inmate. Except as provided under par. (c),
			 the warden shall only permit each inmate 12 adult visitors on the visiting
			 list.
(b) Children of the inmate
			 and children of approved visitors who have not attained their 18th birthday may
			 visit and the warden shall not count them against the 12 visitors permitted. In
			 order to be permitted to visit an inmate, children shall have written approval
			 of a non-incarcerated custodial parent or legal guardian, or have a court order
			 directing the visit, and their names must appear on the approved visitors
			 list.
(c) The warden may approve
			 more than 12 visitors on the visiting list if the first 12 visitors on the
			 visiting list are close family members.
(d) The institution may require inmates to
			 provide accurate and complete information regarding proposed visitors,
			 including, but not limited to, the name and address of the proposed visitor,
			 the inmate's relationship to the proposed visitor, and date of birth of the
			 proposed visitor.
(e) The
			 institution may require and utilize information from other sources in
			 determining a proposed visitor's suitability for visitation.
(f) An inmate may not make any changes in an
			 inmate's visiting list for a minimum of 6 months from the date of its original
			 approval or for a minimum of 6 months after each subsequent approval or
			 disapproval determination is made.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.09 - Regulation of visits for inmates

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 shall establish policies and procedures governing visitation in prisons. Each
			 institution shall establish written policies and procedures regarding
			 visitation and shall make them available to inmates and visitors at each
			 institution.
(2) Each institution
			 shall establish a visitation schedule consistent with other institution
			 activities and available resources.
(3) Each institution shall permit each inmate
			 in the general population the opportunity for visitation at least 9 hours per
			 week according to the visitation schedule established under sub. (2).
(4) Each institution shall permit each inmate
			 in a segregated status the opportunity for visitation at least 1 hour per week
			 with the exception of controlled segregation and observation, which require the
			 approval of the warden.
(5)
			 Institutions shall require visitors to provide identification before permitting
			 the visit.
(6) Institutions may
			 limit visitation for inmates in segregation by issuing restrictions concerning
			 minor visitors, number of visitors, hours and location of visits, or if the
			 warden determines that the visit poses a threat to the proposed visitor, staff
			 or inmates.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.10 - Special visits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Public officials, elected tribal
			 officials, tribal judges, and members of private and public organizations who
			 provide services to inmates may visit institutions with the approval of the
			 warden. These visitors shall make arrangements for all such visits in advance
			 with the warden to minimize interference with normal operations and activities.
			 The warden may limit the duration of such visits for security reasons. A person
			 who has not attained the age of 18 may not participate in any group visit
			 except with the approval of the warden, unless the person is a family member on
			 the inmate's approved visitor list.
(2) The warden shall permit attorneys,
			 attorney aides, and law students to visit their inmate clients to provide
			 professional services during institution business hours on weekdays. The warden
			 shall permit pastoral visits during institution business hours on weekdays. The
			 warden shall not count these persons against the allowable number of visitors
			 or hours of visits of the inmate. The warden may require advance notice of
			 these visits. The warden may approve visits of this type outside institution
			 business hours in emergencies.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.11 - No-contact visiting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
(a) The
			 warden may impose no-contact visiting in response to an initial application to
			 visit or upon subsequent review of the visiting status of an inmate or visitor.
			 In making such determination, the warden shall consider the criteria in s.
			 DOC
			 309.08(4). After a period of one year
			 the inmate or visitor may request review of the conditions of
			 visiting.
(b) If the warden imposes
			 no-contact visiting on an inmate, the warden may apply no-contact visiting to
			 all visitors of the inmate.
(c) If
			 the warden imposes no-contact visiting on a visitor, the warden may apply no
			 contact visiting to all visits of the visitor, and may recommend to the
			 administrator the no-contact visits be imposed at all other institutions. The
			 administrator may approve the recommendation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.12 - Revocation, suspension, and termination of visiting privileges

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In
			 this section:
(a) "Revoke" means to remove
			 visiting privileges based upon new information or changed circumstances that
			 affects visiting approval.
(b)
			 "Suspend" means to restrict the visits of an inmate by a specific visitor for a
			 specific period of time due to an investigation or review process because of an
			 alleged violation of visitation rules, policies and regulations.
(c) "Terminate" means the stopping of a visit
			 in progress, usually based on an alleged violation of visitation rules,
			 policies and regulations during the visit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.155 - Legal services

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) POLICY. It is the policy of the
			 department to permit inmates reasonable access to the judicial process and to
			 legal materials, and to afford a reasonable opportunity to prepare legal
			 documents. Such access serves important rehabilitative goals and ensures
			 effective procedures for raising and resolving complaints about institution
			 practices and policies.
(2) ACCESS
			 TO COURTS. Inmates shall have access to courts and administrative agencies.
			 Inmates' decisions to seek judicial or administrative relief shall not
			 adversely affect their program, security classification or assignment to an
			 institution.
(3) ACCESS TO LEGAL
			 MATERIALS. Each institution, except correctional centers and the Wisconsin
			 resource center, shall maintain a law library and make legal materials
			 available to inmates at reasonable times and for reasonable periods. Special
			 provisions shall be made to provide access to legal materials for inmates with
			 a special legal need and for inmates with a special need, such as illiteracy.
			 The department may employ the use of current technology in providing access to
			 legal materials.
(4) ACCESS TO
			 LEGAL ASSISTANCE. The department shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that
			 adequate legal services are available to indigent inmates. These legal services
			 need not be provided directly by the department, but may be provided by outside
			 agencies. The legal services by these agencies may include services provided by
			 lawyers, law students and aides supervised by lawyers and
			 paraprofessionals.
(5) INMATE TO
			 INMATE LEGAL SERVICES. Inmates may provide legal services to other inmates
			 except that institutions may regulate the time and place of such legal
			 services. Compensation of any kind for the provisions of such inmate to inmate
			 legal services is prohibited. The department is not responsible for legal
			 materials not provided by the department that are given to other
			 inmates.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.23 - Food

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department shall provide nutritious
			 and quality food for all inmates. Menus shall satisfy generally accepted
			 nutritional standards. The sanitation requirements set by the warden at each
			 institution shall be in writing and shall also be satisfied.
(2) Each institution shall make written
			 policies regulating eating outside the dining area. Institutions may forbid
			 taking certain foods into or out of the dining area and living
			 quarters.
(3) The menu for each
			 institution shall be posted once a week for the following week. However, menus
			 may be subject to change.
(4)
			 Consistent with available resources, inmates who require a modified diet for
			 medical reasons shall be provided with such a modified diet.
(5) An inmate may abstain from any foods that
			 violate the inmate's religion. Consistent with available resources, staff shall
			 provide a substitute from other available foods from the menu at that meal. The
			 substitution shall be consistent with sub. (1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.24 - Personal hygiene

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each institution shall enforce the
			 maintenance of good personal hygiene standards for its inmates. Personal
			 cleanliness shall be the responsibility of each inmate. Adequate facilities
			 shall be provided for this purpose.
(2) Institutions shall provide a minimum of 2
			 bathing periods per week for each inmate. Clean undergarments, shirts, and
			 stockings shall be allowed for or provided at least twice each week. Inmates
			 whose work or other activity makes it desirable shall be allowed more frequent
			 bathing and changes of clothing.
(3) Grooming shall be regulated as follows:
(a) Specific policies and procedures for
			 hairdressing, use of cosmetics, and personal hygiene shall be made by the
			 division of adult institutions.
(b)
			 The department has the authority to regulate the length of hair, mustaches, and
			 beards based upon institution health and safety concerns.
(c) Inmates assigned to food preparation and
			 serving areas shall be required to wear hairnets or other suitable hair
			 covering.
(d) Inmates performing
			 work assignments that may reasonably be considered to be hazardous shall
			 maintain suitably cropped hair or wear protective appliances or headgear for
			 safety purposes.
(e) The length of
			 an inmate's fingernails may not exceed the end of the inmate's
			 fingertips.
(f) Use of hair pins,
			 barrettes, or curlers are permitted under such policies and procedures
			 established by the warden. These policies and procedures shall be in
			 writing.
(g) An institution may
			 require new identification photographs of any inmate whose appearance
			 changes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.245 - Maintaining orderly and clean living quarters

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An inmate shall
			 keep assigned quarters neat and clean. Institution staff shall make necessary
			 cleaning materials available to the inmate for this purpose.
(2) Bed sheets, pillow cases, and towels
			 shall be changed at least once a week. Each inmate shall be provided with a
			 standard issue of blankets and similar items necessary for physical comfort.
			 The inmate shall take proper care of these items.
(3) The warden may establish other
			 appropriate specific policies and procedures to ensure the maintenance of clean
			 quarters to maintain institution health and safety. These policies and
			 procedures shall be in writing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.36 - Leisure time activities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 shall provide as much leisure time activity as possible for inmates, consistent
			 with available resources and scheduled programs and work. Leisure time activity
			 is free time outside the cell or room during which the inmate may be involved
			 in activities such as recreational reading, sports, film and television
			 viewing, and handicrafts.
(2) Each
			 institution shall permit inmates to participate in leisure time activities for
			 at least 4 hours per week. Institutions with the facilities to permit more
			 leisure time activity should do so.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.365 - Inmate activity groups

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In
			 this section:
(a) "Activity group" means a
			 group of inmates organized to promote educational, social, cultural, religious,
			 recreational or other lawful leisure time activities.
(b) "Inmate union" means an organization of
			 inmates formed for the sole purpose of serving the inmates' collective interest
			 with respect to conditions of confinement issues such as inmate wages, working
			 conditions, housing conditions, programming and services.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.39 - Inmate telephone calls

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department shall encourage
			 communication between an inmate and an inmate's family, friends, government
			 officials, courts, and people concerned with the welfare of the inmate.
			 Communication fosters reintegration into the community and the maintenance of
			 family ties. It helps to motivate the inmate and thus contributes to morale and
			 to the security of the inmate and staff. A telephone shall be used in a lawful
			 manner.
(2)
(a) The warden shall establish facilities for
			 inmate telephone use.
(b) An inmate
			 who wishes to use an institution telephone shall use a telephone provided for
			 inmate telephone calls, shall comply with these rules, and shall comply with
			 institution policies and procedures established under sub. (10).
(c) An inmate may be permitted to phone
			 individuals of the inmate's choice who are on the approved visiting list as
			 provided under s.
			 DOC
			 309.12 and others as provided in this
			 chapter.
(d) An inmate may make a
			 properly placed telephone call to an attorney. For the purposes of this
			 section, "properly placed" means an inmate telephone call to an attorney placed
			 in compliance with this section, these rules, and the procedures of the
			 institution.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.40 - Clothing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each inmate shall be provided with
			 adequate clothing. Inmates are required to maintain this clothing in good
			 condition. Worn clothing shall be exchanged.
(2) Each institution shall make policies
			 relating to wearing personal clothing. These policies must be approved by the
			 administrator of the division of adult institutions.
(3) Inmates shall dress in a clean, neat, and
			 appropriate manner.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.405 - Telephone calls to attorneys

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Inmates may
			 call attorneys regarding legal matters with the permission of the appropriate
			 staff member. Such calls may be made regardless of the inmate's security
			 status.
(2) An inmate's telephone
			 calls to an attorney are not subject to the maximum limit in number, and an
			 attorney's name need not be on the inmate's approved visiting list.
(3) An inmate's telephone calls to an
			 attorney shall be made collect unless payments from the inmate's general
			 account is approved.
(4) Staff
			 shall give permission for calls to attorneys for the following reasons:
(a) To allow an inmate to return a call from
			 an attorney.
(b) When there is a
			 statutory time limit that would be missed and the inmate needs to convey
			 information to the attorney.
(c)
			 When it appears to staff that a call to an attorney is in the best interest of
			 the inmate.
(d) When an inmate is
			 unable to write.
(e) When an
			 emergency exists.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.41 - Incoming and emergency calls

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Because of the
			 difficulty of reaching inmates for incoming calls, a person calling an inmate
			 should be asked to leave a message. The message shall be delivered to the
			 inmate as soon as possible.
(2) In
			 the case of emergencies, including but not limited to critical illness or death
			 of a close family member of an inmate, a special telephone call may be
			 permitted regardless of the security status of the inmate or the number of
			 calls already made during that month.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.42 - Calls between inmates

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department shall permit an inmate to
			 make telephone calls to the inmate's spouse, parent, or child committed to
			 another Wisconsin correctional or mental health institution. The department
			 shall permit calls under this section only after prior arrangements through
			 appropriate staff have been made. Calls under this section shall be paid for
			 from the account of the inmate originally requesting the call.
(2) Calls under this section are subject to
			 the limits under s.
			 DOC
			 309.39(3).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.43 - Procedure for approval

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each institution shall make a written
			 policy available to inmates that contains a specific procedure for requesting
			 telephone calls and that sets time limits for the calls. The procedure shall be
			 consistent with this chapter.
(2)
			 The warden may make exceptions to any limits on inmate calls consistent with
			 the policy of this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.45 - Inmate funds and canteen - purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall manage inmate funds and permit and forbid
				spending to achieve the following objectives:
(1) To promote the eventual successful
			 reintegration of inmates into society through a policy designed to ensure that
			 an inmate will have funds available upon release and can manage them
			 responsibly;
(2) To prevent the
			 exchange of contraband and victimization within institutions by prohibiting
			 inmates from carrying money and by requiring all inmate funds to be deposited
			 in accounts for the inmate;
(3) To
			 develop a sense of responsibility on the part of inmates for payment of family
			 financial obligations and debts;
(4) To permit inmates to obtain personal
			 property in accordance with s.
			 DOC
			 309.20; and
(5) To give inmates the opportunity to manage
			 their funds in a manner consistent with ss. DOC 309.45 to
			 309.52.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.46 - Deposit of money

Current through June 24, 2024
All money in any form delivered to any institution for the
				benefit of an inmate shall be delivered to the institution business manager.
				The institution business manager shall credit the appropriate account in the
				name of the inmate in accordance with these sections and ch. DOC
				324.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.465 - Crime victim and witness assistance surcharge

Current through June 24, 2024
For an inmate who committed a crime on or after October 1,
				1983, and who has not paid the crime victim and witness assistance surcharge
				required under s.
				973.045,
				Stats., upon transfer to the first permanent placement and in all subsequent
				placements in correctional institutions, the institution business office shall
				deduct 25% of all income earned by or received for the benefit of the inmate
				until the surcharge is paid in full. The business office shall forward the
				funds to the state treasurer to satisfy the surcharge in accordance with s.
				973.045,
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.466 - Release account funds

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Upon transfer of the inmate to the first
			 placement, following initial classification under s.
			 DOC
			 302.16, and in all subsequent reclassifications under
			 s.
			 DOC
			 302.17, the institution business office shall deduct
			 10% of all income earned by or received for the benefit of the inmate, except
			 from work release and study release funds under ch. DOC 324, until $5,000 is
			 accumulated, and shall deposit the funds in a release account in the inmate's
			 name. The department shall adjust the maximum release account amount every 5
			 years by multiplying $5,000 by the percentage increase of the Consumer Price
			 Index, as defined in s.
			 16.004(8)
			 (e) 1, Stats., from January 1, 2010 to
			 January 1 of the next fifth year [2015, 2020] and adding that amount to $5,000,
			 rounded to the nearest $100 increment. If the Consumer Price Index reflects a
			 percentage decrease, the maximum release account amount will not be reduced but
			 remain the same.
(2) Prior to
			 release, the department may authorize the disbursement of release account funds
			 for purposes that will aid the inmate's reintegration into the community or
			 that will reimburse the department for incarceration costs, including legal
			 loans and restitution. Following the inmate's release, these funds shall be
			 disbursed in accordance with s.
			 DOC
			 309.49(5).
(3) An inmate may request that release
			 account funds be deposited in an interest-bearing account established at a bank
			 designated by the department. Deposits shall be made in accordance with
			 department procedures. All interest earned by these funds shall accrue to the
			 inmate and shall be exempt from release account deductions under sub. (1).
(4) An inmate may request that
			 general account funds be transferred to his or her release account up to the
			 release account limit established by the department under sub. (1).
(5) The institution business office shall
			 disburse release account funds in accordance with s.
			 DOC
			 309.48.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 309 - Resources For Inmates › Section DOC 309.48 - Procedure for inmate requests for disbursements of inmate account funds

Current through June 24, 2024
Each institution shall set forth in writing a procedure whereby
				inmates may request the disbursement of funds. This procedure shall be
				consistent with ss.
				DOC
				309.45 to
				309.52 and shall include the
				following information:
(1) How and to
			 whom requests must be made;
(2)
			 What information requests shall include;
(3) Who investigates requests;
(4) Who approves or disapproves
			 requests;
(5) Notice that the
			 inmate may appeal to the superintendent any decision not made by the
			 superintendent;
(6) Notice that all
			 decisions shall be in writing, shall state the underlying facts and shall be
			 based on reasons consistent with s.
			 DOC
			 309.45;
(7) Time limits for decisions; and
(8) Notice to the inmate that, if the
			 recipient of funds is receiving government aid, the recipient may have a duty
			 to report receipt of the inmate's funds.