Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 346.03 - Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
"Cell" means a secure room designed and used as a sleeping room for one or 2
juveniles.
(2) "Construction plans"
mean the site plans, drawings, and specifications for construction or
remodeling of a facility.
(3)
"Contraband" means any item not allowed in a facility by the
superintendent.
(4) "Day room"
means an area usable and accessible by juveniles, contiguous to each group of
cells, and designed and used for leisure activities.
(5) "Department" means the department of
corrections.
(6) "Dormitory" means
a secure area designed for three or more juveniles and used for sleeping and
day room activities.
(7) "Facility"
means either a juvenile detention facility or the juvenile portion of a county
jail.
(8) "Facility program" means
a written narrative that describes basic operational functions and spaces
needed to meet those functions.
(9)
"Family" means parents, grandparents, guardians, foster parents, and legal
custodians.
(10) "Holding room"
means a secure room designed for holding one or more juveniles of the same
gender for the purpose of processing admissions, releases, investigations or
court appearances.
(11) "Juvenile"
has the meaning given in s.
938.02(10m),
Stats.
(12) "Juvenile detention
facility" has the meaning given in ch. 938, Stats., and includes a stand alone
facility or a facility located in the same building or on the same grounds as a
county jail.
(13) "Juvenile portion
of a county jail" means an area which is used for the detention of juveniles
and which is part of a county jail.
(14) "Living area" means the part of a
juvenile detention facility normally occupied by juveniles, including day
rooms, multi-purpose space, and adjacent control centers.
(15) "Multi-purpose space" means activity
areas designed and used for education, recreation, library services, and other
juvenile program activities. Multi-purpose space does not include cells, day
rooms or dormitories.
(16)
"Officer" or "juvenile detention officer" has the meaning given in s.
165.85(2) (bt),
Stats.
(17) "Privileged mail" means
any written communication between a juvenile and an attorney, court, government
or facility official.
(18) "Rated
bed capacity" means the design capacity approved by the department under this
chapter, based on single occupancy cells under s.
DOC
346.14(2), double occupancy cells
under s.
DOC 346.15,
and dormitories under s.
DOC
346.14(3).
(19) "Receiving cell" means a cell used to
segregate a juvenile for purposes of admission, release, discipline,
investigation or court appearances.
(20) "Superintendent" means:
(a) The individual designated to be in charge
of a juvenile detention facility under s.
938.22(3) (a),
Stats., or the director as specified in s.
938.22(3) (b),
Stats.; or
(b) In the case of the
juvenile portion of the county jail, the sheriff of a county in which the jail
is located pursuant to s.
59.27(1),
Stats.
(21)
"Undergarments" means underwear and socks and includes bras for
females.
(22) "Unencumbered space"
means usable space that is not encumbered by furnishings or fixtures.
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