Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 731
5	5	November 21, 2023 - Introduced by Senators R OYS, LARSON and TAYLOR,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives DRAKE, CLANCY, MADISON, SINICKI, CONLEY,
7	7	JOERS, SHELTON, EMERSON, J. ANDERSON, STUBBS, PALMERI, SUBECK, ANDRACA
8	8	and JACOBSON. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
9	9	AN ACT to create 302.081 and 302.082 of the statutes; relating to: recreational
10	10	opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional
11	11	institutions and county jails and houses of correction.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill requires the Department of Corrections to ensure that all state
14	14	correctional institutions provide, and sheriffs to ensure that all county jails and
15	15	houses of correction provide, recreational opportunities and organized, structured
16	16	programming that is relevant to the interests and needs of the inmates being held
17	17	in the state correctional institutions, jails, and houses of correction.
18	18	The bill also requires that when staffing levels meet or exceed 80 percent for
19	19	officer staffing and structured programming staffing, each inmate is allowed at least
20	20	35 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and structured
21	21	programming with an average of at least five total hours per day for such activities
22	22	and programming, and if such staffing levels are less than 80 percent, each inmate
23	23	is allowed at least 21 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and
24	24	structured programming with an average of at least three total hours per day for
25	25	such activities and programming. Of the 35 or 21 hours per week, each inmate must
26	26	be allowed at least seven hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and
27	27	at least 14 hours per week to engage in structured programming, of which at least
28	28	five hours must be structured programming other than work experience. Under the
29	29	bill, recreation and structured programming privileges may be denied for a period
30	30	of up to 10 consecutive days if the inmate is subject to a partial or full prison or jail
31	31	lockdown or is currently being held in solitary confinement.
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37	37	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
38	38	printed as an appendix to this bill.
39	39	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
40	40	enact as follows:
41	41	SECTION 1. 302.081 of the statutes is created to read:
42	42	302.081 Recreation and programming in state correctional
43	43	institutions. (1) The department shall ensure that all state correctional
44	44	institutions provide recreational opportunities and organized, structured
45	45	programming that is relevant to the interests and needs of the inmates of the state
46	46	correctional institutions. The department shall prioritize the following types of
47	47	structured programming under this subsection:
48	48	(a) Academic instruction.
49	49	(b) Vocational training.
50	50	(c) Career development.
51	51	(d) Work experience.
52	52	(e) Reentry planning.
53	53	(f) Faith-based activities.
54	54	(g) Behavioral health.
55	55	(h) Health and wellness.
56	56	(i) Technology literacy.
57	57	(j) Social-cultural enrichment.
58	58	(2) (a) If the level of correctional officer staffing and structured programming
59	59	staffing is equal to or greater than 80 percent for a state correctional institution,
60	60	except as provided in par. (c), the warden or superintendent of the state correctional
61	61	institution shall ensure that each inmate is allowed not less than 35 hours per week
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87	87	to engage in recreational opportunities and structured programming under sub. (1),
88	88	with an average of not less than 5 total hours per day for such activities and
89	89	programming. Of the 35 hours per week, each inmate shall be allowed not less than
90	90	7 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and not less than 14 hours
91	91	per week to engage in structured programming, of which at least 5 hours shall be
92	92	allocated to structured programming other than work experience under sub. (1) (d).
93	93	(b) If the level of correctional officer staffing and structured programming
94	94	staffing is less than 80 percent for a state correctional institution, except as provided
95	95	in par. (c), the warden or superintendent of the state correctional institution shall
96	96	ensure that each inmate is allowed 21 hours per week to engage in recreational
97	97	opportunities and structured programming under sub. (1), with an average of not
98	98	less than 3 total hours per day for such activities and programming. Of the 21 hours
99	99	per week, each inmate shall be allowed not less than 7 hours per week to engage in
100	100	recreational opportunities and not less than 14 hours per week to engage in
101	101	structured programming, of which at least 5 hours shall be allocated to structured
102	102	programming other than work experience under sub. (1) (d).
103	103	(c) If an inmate is subject to a partial or full prison lockdown or is currently
104	104	being held in solitary confinement, the warden or superintendent of the state
105	105	correctional institution may deny the inmate the time specified under par. (a) or (b)
106	106	to engage in recreational opportunities and structured programming for a period not
107	107	to exceed 10 consecutive days.
108	108	SECTION 2. 302.082 of the statutes is created to read:
109	109	302.082 Recreation and programming in county jails and houses of
110	110	correction. (1) The sheriff shall ensure that the county jail or house of correction
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139	139	relevant to the interests and needs of the inmates of the county jail or house of
140	140	correction. The sheriff shall prioritize the following types of structured
141	141	programming under this subsection:
142	142	(a) Academic instruction.
143	143	(b) Vocational training.
144	144	(c) Career development.
145	145	(d) Work experience.
146	146	(e) Reentry planning.
147	147	(f) Faith-based activities.
148	148	(g) Behavioral health.
149	149	(h) Health and wellness.
150	150	(i) Technology literacy.
151	151	(j) Social-cultural enrichment.
152	152	(2) (a) If the level of uniformed officer staffing and structured programming
153	153	staffing is equal to or greater than 80 percent for a county jail or house of correction,
154	154	except as provided in par. (c), the sheriff shall ensure that each inmate is allowed not
155	155	less than 35 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and structured
156	156	programming under sub. (1), with an average of not less than 5 total hours per day
157	157	for such activities and programming. Of the 35 hours per week, each inmate shall
158	158	be allowed not less than 7 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and
159	159	not less than 14 hours per week to engage in structured programming, of which at
160	160	least 5 hours shall be allocated to structured programming other than work
161	161	experience under sub. (1) (d).
162	162	(b) If the level of uniformed officer staffing and structured programming
163	163	staffing is less than 80 percent for a county jail or house of correction, except as
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193	193	provided in par. (c), the sheriff shall ensure that each inmate is allowed 21 hours per
194	194	week to engage in recreational opportunities and structured programming under
195	195	sub. (1), with an average of not less than 3 total hours per day for such activities and
196	196	programming. Of the 21 hours per week, each inmate shall be allowed not less than
197	197	7 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and not less than 14 hours
198	198	per week to engage in structured programming, of which at least 5 hours shall be
199	199	allocated to structured programming other than work experience under sub. (1) (d).
200	200	(c) If an inmate is subject to a partial or full jail lockdown or is currently being
201	201	held in solitary confinement, the sheriff may deny the inmate the time specified
202	202	under par. (a) or (b) to engage in recreational opportunities and structured
203	203	programming for a period not to exceed 10 consecutive days.
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