Wisconsin Statutes (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Chapter 302. Prisons; State, County And Municipal |
Section 302.40. Discipline; solitary confinement.
Latest version.
- For violating the rules of the jail, an inmate may be kept in solitary confinement, under the care and advice of a physician, but not over 10 days.
1989 a. 31
s.
1664
; Stats. 1989 s. 302.40.
Pretrial detainees in jail are entitled to a due process hearing prior to more than a slight deprivation of privileges, including a loss of any privilege for more than one day. Representation by counsel is not essential. Inmates of Milwaukee County Jail v. Petersen,
353 F. Supp. 1157
(1973).