Section 946.45. Negligently allowing escape.

 

(1)  Any officer or employee of an institution where prisoners are detained who, through his or her neglect of duty, allows a prisoner in his or her custody to escape is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(2)  In this section:

(a) “Custody" has the meaning designated in s. 946.42 (1) (a) .

(b) “Escape" has the meaning designated in s. 946.42 (1) (b) .

(c) “Institution" includes a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p) , a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g) , and a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (19r) .

(d) “Prisoner" includes a person who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.34 (4h) , who is placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4m) or 938.357 (4) or (5) (e) , or who is placed in a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.34 (4d) .

1977 c. 173 ; 1985 a. 320 ; 1987 a. 27 , 238 ; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1993 a. 16 , 377 , 385 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 , 352 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2013 a. 334 .