Section 302.30. Definition of jail.

  In ss. 302.30 to 302.43 , “jail" includes municipal prisons and rehabilitation facilities established under s. 59.53 (8) by whatever name they are known. In s. 302.37 (1) (a) and (3) (a) , “jail" does not include lockup facilities. “Lockup facilities" means those facilities of a temporary place of detention at a police station which are used exclusively to hold persons under arrest until they can be brought before a court, and are not used to hold persons pending trial who have appeared in court or have been committed to imprisonment for nonpayment of fines or forfeitures. In s. 302.365 , “jail" does not include rehabilitation facilities established under s. 59.53 (8) .

1979 c. 34 ; 1987 a. 394 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1645 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.30; 1995 a. 201 .