Current through August 26, 2024
(1) DISCLAIMER. The
department does not assume responsibility for the condition or safety of any
CRC residence, including the inmate's food and property at the residence, or
for the safety of others or their property at a CRC residence.
(2) ACCESS TO LEGAL MATERIALS. Inmates with
documented legal needs shall be permitted to do legal research at local law
libraries. If local law libraries are not available, efforts shall be made to
accommodate reasonable requests of inmates for legal materials by borrowing
copies of requested materials from the criminal justice reference and
information center at the university of Wisconsin law school or from
correctional institution law libraries. CRC staff shall inform inmates how
legal materials may be obtained. An inmate, at his or her request, may be
transferred from a CRC placement to an institution with a law library if the
inmate requires access to a library and materials made available pursuant to
this subsection are inadequate.
(3)
MEDICAL CARE.
(a) All medical care for
inmates shall be authorized by the superintendent upon recommendation of
correctional health services staff in accordance with this
subsection.
(b) Inmates with
private health insurance may use any medical personnel and facilities covered
by their policy with prior approval of the superintendent and correctional
health services staff.
(c) Inmates
without private health insurance may be required to use department facilities
for ordinary medical and dental care.
(d) For emergency medical care, an inmate
shall use a facility in the area approved by the department for emergency
medical care. All emergency medical care requires the superintendent's prior
authorization unless this is not possible because of the nature and time
limitation of the emergency.
(e) An
inmate requiring hospitalization for nonemergency medical care shall use a
facility in the area approved by the department for hospitalization of CRC
inmates. All nonemergency hospitalizations require the prior approval of the
superintendent and correctional health services staff.
(f) An inmate's serious medical care need may
be cause for termination of a CRC placement under s.
DOC 327.10 and transfer to a state facility for
treatment.
(4) RELIGIOUS
SERVICES. With the approval of the superintendent, inmates motivated by
religious beliefs shall be given reasonable opportunities to attend religious
services.
(5) LEISURE TIME
ACTIVITIES.
(a) In this subsection, "leisure
time activities" mean activities outside the inmate's residence other than
those required for job, school or treatment programs and include, but are not
limited to, attending religious services, access to law libraries, exercise and
recreational activities.
(b) After
30 days of being in a CRC placement, an inmate shall be permitted to
participate in leisure time activities for at least 4 hours per week. The 30
day waiting period may be waived by the superintendent.
(c) A request to participate in a leisure
time activity shall be made by an inmate in writing to the appropriate CRC
staff member. All leisure time activities shall have prior approval by the
appropriate CRC staff member and shall be included in the inmate's
schedule.
(d) An inmate may lose
the privilege of participating in leisure time activities through the
disciplinary process under s.
DOC 327.13.
(6) PROPERTY.
(a) Inmates may have personal property in
their possession or in their residence in accordance with this subsection and
any special conditions imposed on an inmate's CRC placement.
(b) An inmate's property shall be signed out
to him or her at the sending correctional institution prior to placement in
CRC. The department is not responsible for an inmate's property after that
point.
(c) An inmate in a CRC
placement may possess any personal property except:
1. Property which is prohibited by state,
federal or local law or this chapter;
2. Alcohol beverages as defined in s.
125.02(1),
Stats., or a controlled substance as defined in s.
961.01(4),
Stats.;
3. Any item designed
exclusively to be used as a weapon or to be used in the manufacture of a
weapon;
4. Intoxicant paraphernalia
under s.
DOC 303.44; and
5. Obscene material, as defined in s.
DOC 309.05(6) (c) 8.
Note: Obscene material is not defined in ch. DOC
309. However, "pornography" is defined in s.
DOC 309.02(16).
6. Property which is prohibited by an
inmate's special conditions of CRC placement.
(d) Items not permitted under this section or
under an inmate's special conditions of CRC placement are contraband. They may
be seized in accordance with s.
DOC 303.09. An inmate may be subject to discipline for
possessing contraband.
(7) INMATE CONTACTS.
(a) Special conditions may be placed on an
inmate's contacts while in a CRC placement, including mail, visits and
telephone, if it is warranted by the rehabilitation of the inmate or the
protection of the public.
(b) An
inmate shall inform the superintendent of any contact with the news
media.
(c) Visits between inmates
who are family members shall be regulated under s. DOC 309.15.
Note: Visits between related inmates are no
longer permitted under ch. DOC 309.
