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302.01 , to provide for his or her needs and to protect the public. The department may irrespective of the person’s consent require him or her to participate in vocational, physical, educational and correctional training and activities; may require such modes of life and conduct as seem best adapted to fit him or her for return to full liberty without danger to the public; and may make use of other methods of treatment and any treatment conducive to the correction of the person and to the prevention of future violations of law by him or her.

975.08(3)

(3)

 

975.08(3)(a)

(a)

The department may make use of law enforcement, detention, parole, medical, psychiatric, psychological, educational, correctional, segregative and other resources, institutions and agencies, public or private, within the state. The department may enter into agreements with public officials for separate care and special treatment, in existing institutions, of persons subject to the control of the department under this chapter.

975.08(3)(b)

(b)

Nothing contained in par. (a) gives the department any of the following:

975.08(3)(b)1.

1.

Control over existing institutions or agencies not already under its control.

975.08(3)(b)2.

2.

Power to make use of any private agency or institution without that agency’s or institution’s consent.

975.08(4)

(4)

 

Placement of a person by the department in any institution or agency, not operated by the department, or the person’s discharge by such institution or agency, shall not terminate the control of the department over the person. No person placed in such institution or agency may be released therefrom except to the department or after approval of such release by the department.

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2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated

through 2025 Wis. Act 103 and through all Supreme Court Orders and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on April 3, 2026.

Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after April 3, 2026, are designated by NOTES.

(Published 4-3-26)