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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 776 |
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| 5 | 5 | | December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senator LARSON, cosponsored by Representatives |
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| 6 | 6 | | MADISON, CLANCY, HONG, J. ANDERSON, BALDEH, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, EMERSON, |
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| 7 | 7 | | JOERS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, PALMERI, SHELTON, SINICKI and STUBBS. Referred to |
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| 8 | 8 | | Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 302.073 of the statutes; relating to: inmate access to the |
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| 10 | 10 | | outdoors. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | This bill requires the Department of Corrections and county sheriffs to provide |
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| 13 | 13 | | every inmate being held in a state correctional institution or county house of |
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| 14 | 14 | | correction with three hours per week of outdoor time, unless the inmate is being held |
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| 15 | 15 | | in the Milwaukee secure detention facility, in which case the three-hour per week |
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| 16 | 16 | | requirement does not apply until the inmate's 91st day of holding at that institution. |
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| 17 | 17 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 18 | 18 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 19 | 19 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 20 | 20 | | enact as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. 302.073 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 302.073 Outdoor access by inmates of state correctional institutions or |
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| 23 | 23 | | county houses of correction. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the warden |
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| 24 | 24 | | or superintendent of a state correctional institution shall ensure that each inmate |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 776 |
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| 33 | 33 | | is permitted to access the outdoors for 3 hours per week unless the inmate is subject |
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| 34 | 34 | | to a prison lockdown or is being held in solitary confinement. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) The requirement under par. (a) does not apply to inmates being held in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | state correctional institution under s. 302.01 (1) (i) until their 91st day of holding in |
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| 37 | 37 | | that state correctional institution. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) The county sheriff shall ensure that each inmate in a county house of |
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| 39 | 39 | | correction is permitted to access the outdoors for 3 hours per week unless the inmate |
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| 40 | 40 | | is subject to a jail lockdown or is being held in solitary confinement. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2.0Initial applicability. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) MILWAUKEE SECURE DETENTION FACILITY. The treatment of s. 302.073 (1) first |
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| 43 | 43 | | applies to the state correctional institution under s. 302.01 (1) (i) on January 1, 2026. |
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