Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 376.16 - Factors to consider to determine if a search is necessary
Prior to searching a visitor, a youth or other staff, staff shall determine that reasonable grounds or probable cause exists to believe the person being searched possesses contraband. Staff shall consider all of the following factors.
(1) The reliability
of information provided by an informant indicating the existence of contraband
by assessing whether the information is detailed, consistent and
corroborated.
(2) The reliability
of an informant by considering whether the informant has supplied reliable
information in the past and whether the informant has reason to supply
inaccurate information.
(3) The
activity of a visitor, youth or staff that relates to whether the person to be
searched might carry contraband.
(4) The information provided by the person
who may be searched which is relevant to whether the person possesses
contraband.
Notes
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