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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 759
December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives EMERSON, CLANCY, MADISON,
HONG, CONLEY, JOERS, OHNSTAD, SHELTON, PALMERI, SINICKI, JACOBSON and
HAYWOOD, cosponsored by Senators ROYS, HESSELBEIN, TAYLOR, L. JOHNSON
and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Corrections.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 20.410 (1) (bp) and 302.092 of the statutes; relating to:
technology service access by inmates of state correctional institutions and
county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that inmates of a state correctional institution or county jail
or house of correction be allowed access to email, live audiovisual calling services,
and electronic media services if they have a personal computing device. Under the
bill, the Department of Corrections or the sheriff or person in charge of a county jail
or house of correction may charge the inmate for the services, but the charge to the
inmate may not exceed the cost charged to DOC or the county by the service provider
for such services, and each inmate must be provided a weekly stipend of $17.50 to
purchase such services.
This bill provides to DOC $13,213,800 in the 2023-24 fiscal year and
$19,820,700 in the 2024-25 fiscal year to pay for DOC inmate technology access
stipends and $3,033,300 in the 2023-24 fiscal year and $4,550,000 in the 2024-25
fiscal year to reimburse counties for county jail or house of correction inmate
technology access stipends.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
2023-24 2024-25
20.410 Corrections, department of
(1) ADULT CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
(bp)Reimbursement of counties for
inmate technology access
stipends GPR A $3,033,300 $4,550,000
SECTION 2. 20.410 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:
20.410 (1) (bp) Reimbursement of counties for inmate technology access
stipends. The amounts in the schedule for payments to counties under s. 302.092 (2)
(d) for county jail or house of correction inmate technology access stipends.
SECTION 3. 302.092 of the statutes is created to read:
302.092 Technology service access by inmates of state correctional
institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (1) (a) The department
shall ensure that each inmate of a state correctional institution is allowed to access
email, live audiovisual calling services, and electronic media services if the inmate
has a personal computing device.
(b) The department may impose a charge for accessing email, live audiovisual
calling services, and electronic media services under par. (a), but the department
may not charge an inmate more than the cost charged to the department by the
service provider for such services.
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(c) The department shall provide to each inmate in a state correctional
institution a weekly technology access stipend of $17.50 to purchase services under
par. (a).
(2) (a) The sheriff or person in charge of a county jail or house of correction shall
ensure that each inmate of the county jail or house of correction is allowed to access
email, live audiovisual calling services, and electronic media services if the inmate
has a personal computing device.
(b) The sheriff or person in charge of a county jail or house of correction may
impose a charge for accessing email, live audiovisual calling services, and electronic
media services under par. (a), but the sheriff or person in charge of the county jail or
house of correction may not charge an inmate more than the cost charged to the
county by the service provider for such services.
(c) The sheriff or person in charge of a county jail or house of correction shall
ensure that each inmate in the county jail or house of correction is provided a weekly
technology access stipend of $17.50 to purchase services under par. (a).
(d) Annually, a county board may apply to the department for reimbursement
of its costs for inmate technology access stipends under par. (c) for inmates in the
county jail or house of correction. After verification by the department, the
department shall reimburse the county its actual costs for such technology access
stipends from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (1) (bp). If the amounts provided
under s. 20.410 (1) (bp) for any fiscal year are insufficient to provide complete
reimbursement under this paragraph, the department shall establish a system to
prorate the reimbursements.
SECTION 4.0Fiscal changes.
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(1) INMATE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
appropriation to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (a), the dollar
amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $13,213,800 to pay for the cost of
inmate technology access stipends under s. 302.092 (1) (c). In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1)
(a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $19,820,700 to pay for
the cost of inmate technology access stipends under s. 302.092 (1) (c).
(END)
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