Section 301.14. State-local shared correctional facilities.

  In cooperation with any county or group of counties, the department may contract for the establishment and operation of state-local shared correctional facilities under s. 302.45 . Except as provided in s. 302.45 (4) , the secretary may allocate and reallocate existing and future facilities as state-local shared correctional facilities. The shared facilities shall be institutions under s. 301.02 and shall be prisons under s. 302.01 . Inmates from Wisconsin state prisons may be transferred to these facilities and, except as to any separate rules established in the contract governing a shared facility, shall be subject to all laws pertaining to inmates of other penal institutions of this state. Officers and employees of the facilities shall be subject to the same laws as pertain to other penal institutions. Inmates may not be received on direct commitment from the courts.

1983 a. 332 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 967 ; Stats. 1989 s. 301.14.

Note

1983 Wisconsin Act 332 s. 1 , which created this section, contains a long prefatory note explaining the bill. See 1983 Session Laws. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1