Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections § DOC 349.03 - Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
"Administer " has the meaning given in s.
450.01(1),
Stats.
(1m) "Adult " means a person
who is 18 years of age or older, except that for purposes of investigating or
prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal
criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "adult " means a person
who has attained 17 years of age.
(2) "Cell " means a secure room designed and
used as a sleeping room for one person confined in a lockup facility.
(3) "Confinement " means placement in a cell
or holding room of a person who has been arrested and is awaiting an initial
appearance in court or to post bond.
(4) "Contraband " means any item not allowed
in a lockup by the lockup administrator.
(4m) "Delinquent act " means an act which is
committed by a juvenile who is 10 years of age or older and which is a
violation of any state or federal criminal law, except as provided in ss.
938.17,
938.18,
and
938.183,
Stats., or which constitutes a contempt of court, as defined in s.
785.01(1),
Stats., as specified in s.
938.355(6g),
Stats.
(5) "Deliver " or "delivery"
has the meaning given in s.
450.01(5),
Stats.
(6) "Department " means the
Wisconsin department of corrections.
(7) "Detention strength " means strong enough
to resist damage an inmate could inflict with tools or equipment that would
normally be in his or her possession.
(8) "Division " means the division of
probation and parole.
(9) "Health
screening form " means the form or forms developed by a lockup facility to
obtain at admission information relating to each inmate's medical and dental
condition, medical illnesses or disabilities, mental illnesses, developmental
disabilities, alcohol or other drug abuse problems and suicide risk.
(10) "Holding room " means a secure room in
the lockup designed for holding, after arrest, one or more inmates of the same
sex and security classification and segregated according to the requirements
specified in s.
302.36,
Stats., for purposes of processing admissions and releases.
(10m) "Juvenile " means a person who is less
than 18 years of age, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting
a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal criminal law or
any civil law or municipal ordinance, "juvenile " does not include a person who
has attained 17 years of age.
(11)
"Lockup administrator " means the person in charge of lockup operations or a
designee.
(12) "Lockup facility " or
"lockup" means a temporary place of detention within a police station which is
used exclusively for confinement of persons under arrest before those persons
are brought before a court or post bond.
(13) "Privileged mail " means any written
materials between an inmate and an attorney, court, government or facility
official.
(14) "Secretary " means
the secretary of the department .
(14m) "Secure custody status " means the
status of a juvenile in a lockup facility, which begins when the juvenile is
placed in a cell , holding room, or other locked or secure room within the
lockup and which ends when the juvenile is released from custody or is removed
from the secure portion of a police station.
(15) "Secure detention area of the lockup "
means the area within the secure outer boundaries of a lockup .
(16) "Security classification " means a
grouping of inmates based on the level of supervision required, the nature of
the offense or offenses for which the inmates were arrested and any other
criteria set by the lockup administrator .
(17) "Special needs inmate " means an inmate
who is identified or suspected of having a medical illness or disability,
mental illness, a developmental disability or alcohol or other drug abuse
problem or who is a suicide risk.
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