Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Corrections
Chapter DOC 373 - Youth conduct in Type 1 secured correctional facilities
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Section DOC 373.11 - Major and minor penalties and conduct rule violations

(1) Any minor penalty may be imposed for a conduct rule violation for which a major penalty may be imposed.

(2) Restitution may be imposed in addition to or in lieu of any major penalty.

(3) Except for a conduct rule violation listed under sub. (4) or covered by sub. (6), a conduct rule violation is neither a major nor a minor conduct rule violation until a supervisor classifies it as major or minor using the criteria under sub. (5).

(4) All of the following are classified as major conduct rule violations:

(5) An alleged violation of any section of this chapter other than those listed in sub. (4) or covered by sub. (6) may be treated as a major conduct rule violation. If the conduct rule violation has not been disposed of summarily in accordance with s. DOC 373.68, a supervisor shall decide whether the alleged violation shall be treated as a major conduct rule violation. In deciding whether an alleged violation should be treated as a major conduct rule violation, the supervisor shall consider all of the following criteria and shall indicate in the record of disciplinary action the reason for the decision based on these criteria:

(6) Any conduct report containing at least one charge of a major conduct rule violation shall be processed as a major conduct rule violation, which may result in a major penalty, even if the conduct report also includes minor conduct rule violations.

(7) If a youth commits a conduct rule violation during the course of a visit, the hearing officer may suspend visiting privileges as a disposition, under s. DOC 379.07(9) (b).

(8) If a conduct rule violation occurred as a result of misuse of the mail, the hearing officer may suspend mail privileges as a disposition, under s. DOC 379.04(6).