301.001 Purposes of chapters. The purposes of this chapter and chs. 302 to 304 are to prevent delinquency and crime by an attack on their causes; to provide a just, humane and efficient program of rehabilitation of offenders; and to coordinate and integrate corrections programs with other social services. In creating the department of corrections, […]
301.01 Definitions. In this chapter and chs. 302 to 304: (1) “Department” means the department of corrections. (1m) “Juvenile correctional facility” has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (10p). (1n) “Juvenile correctional services” means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or […]
301.02 Institutions governed. The department shall maintain and govern the state correctional institutions. History: 1989 a. 31.
301.025 Division of juvenile corrections. The division of juvenile corrections shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the department that relate to juvenile correctional services and institutions, juvenile offender review, community supervision under s. 938.533, and the serious juvenile offender program under s. 938.538. History: 1995 a. 27, 77; 2003 a. 33; 2015 […]
301.027 Treatment program at one or more juvenile correctional facilities. The department shall maintain an intensive alcohol and other drug abuse program at one or more juvenile correctional facilities. History: 1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 344; 2019 a. 8.
301.029 Contracts requiring prisoner access to personal information. (1) In this section, “financial transaction card” has the meaning given in s. 943.41 (1) (em). (2) (a) The department may not enter into any contract or other agreement if, in the performance of the contract or agreement, a prisoner would perform data entry or telemarketing services […]
301.03 General corrections authority. The department shall: (1) Supervise, manage, preserve and care for the buildings, grounds and other property pertaining to the state correctional institutions and promote the objectives for which they are established. (2) Supervise the custody and discipline of all prisoners and the maintenance of state correctional institutions and the prison industries […]
301.032 Juvenile correctional services; supervisory functions of state department. (1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of juvenile correctional services. The department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration of juvenile correctional services in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require, and shall comply with all […]
301.035 Division of hearings and appeals; administrator’s general duties. The administrator of the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall: (1) Serve as the appointing authority of the employees of the division under s. 230.06. (2) Assign hearing examiners from the division to preside over hearings under ss. 302.11 (7), 302.113 […]
301.04 Legal actions. The department may sue and be sued. History: 1989 a. 31. The Department of Corrections (DOC) is entitled to sovereign immunity. DOC lacks sufficient attributes to render it an independent going concern. Despite the breadth of its statutory powers, the character of those powers reveals that the legislature did not intend DOC […]
301.045 Investigations. The secretary may inquire into any matter affecting corrections and hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and make recommendations on such matters to the appropriate public or private agencies. History: 1989 a. 31.
301.046 Community residential confinement. (1) Institution status. The department shall establish and operate a community residential confinement program as a correctional institution under the charge of a superintendent. Under the program, the department shall confine prisoners in their places of residence or other places designated by the department. The secretary may allocate and reallocate existing […]
301.047 Inmate rehabilitation and aftercare. (1) Program. The department may permit one or more nonprofit community-based organizations meeting the requirements of this section to operate an inmate rehabilitation program in any department facility if the department determines that operation of that program does not constitute a threat to the security of the facility or the […]
301.048 Intensive sanctions program. (1) Program administration and design. The department shall administer an intensive sanctions program. The department shall design the program to provide all of the following: (a) Punishment that is less costly than ordinary imprisonment and more restrictive than ordinary probation or parole supervision or extended supervision. (b) Component phases that are […]
301.049 Mother-young child care program. (1) Program. The department shall administer a mother-young child care program allowing females to retain, during participation in the program, the physical custody of their children. (2) Eligibility. (a) The department shall provide the program for females who are: 1. Prisoners; or 2. On probation, extended supervision or parole and […]
301.05 Gifts; trustee duty. The department may: (1) Accept gifts, grants or donations of money or property from private sources to be administered by the department for the execution of its functions. All moneys so received shall be paid into the general fund and are appropriated as provided in s. 20.410 (1) (i). (2) Take […]
301.055 Prisoner population limits. The department shall promulgate rules providing limits on the number of prisoners at all state prisons, but excluding those prisoners confined in the institution authorized under s. 301.046 (1) or in a Type 2 prison. The rules shall provide systemwide limits and limits for each state prison, except the department may […]
301.06 Education and prevention. The department may do all of the following: (1) Develop and maintain education and prevention programs. (2) Study causes and methods of prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency and related social problems. The department may utilize all powers provided by the statutes, including the authority to accept grants of money or […]
301.065 Religious organizations; contract powers. (1) Religious organizations; legislative purpose. The purpose of this section is to allow the department to contract with, or award grants to, religious organizations, under any program administered by the department relating to the prevention of delinquency and crime or the rehabilitation of offenders, on the same basis as any […]
301.068 Community services to reduce recidivism. (1) The department shall establish community services that have the goals of increasing public safety, reducing the risk that offenders on community supervision will reoffend, and reducing by 2010-11 the recidivism rate of persons who are on probation, parole, or extended supervision following a felony conviction. In establishing community […]
