Wisconsin Code § 302.02

Jurisdiction and extent of state correctional institutions
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(1m) INSTITUTIONS LOCATED WITHIN THE

STATE. Every activity conducted under the jurisdiction of and by
any institution or facility listed under this section, wherever located, is a precinct of the prison, and each precinct is part of the
institution. For all purposes of discipline and judicial proceedings all of the following apply:
(a) Waupun Correctional Institution. The Waupun Correctional Institution and its precincts are considered to be in Dodge
County, and the Dodge County circuit court has jurisdiction of all
crimes committed within the county.
(b) Green Bay Correctional Institution. The Green Bay Correctional Institution and its precincts are considered to be in
Brown County, and the Brown County circuit court has jurisdiction of all crimes committed within the county.
(c) Taycheedah Correctional Institution. The Taycheedah
Correctional Institution and its precincts are considered to be in
Fond du Lac County, and the Fond du Lac County circuit court
has jurisdiction of all crimes committed within the county.
(d) Correctional institutions under s. 301.16. The correctional institutions authorized under s. 301.16 and their precincts
are considered to be in the county in which the institution is physically located, and that county’s circuit court has jurisdiction of
all crimes committed within the county.
(e) Fox Lake Correctional Institution. The Fox Lake Correctional Institution and its precincts are considered to be in Dodge
County, and the Dodge County circuit court has jurisdiction of all
crimes committed within the county.
(f) Minimum security correctional institutions. The minimum security correctional institutions and their precincts, as to
each inmate, are considered to be in the county in which the institution to which the inmate is assigned is located, and that
county’s circuit court has jurisdiction of all crimes committed
within the county.
(g) Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution. The Kettle
Moraine Correctional Institution and its precincts are considered
to be in Sheboygan County, and the Sheboygan County circuit
court has jurisdiction of all crimes committed within the county.
(h) Dodge Correctional Institution. The Dodge Correctional
Institution and its precincts are considered to be in Dodge
County, and the Dodge County circuit court has jurisdiction of all
crimes committed within the county.
(i) State-local shared correctional facilities. The state-local
shared correctional facilities and their precincts are considered,
as to each inmate, to be in the county in which the facility to
which the inmate is assigned is located, and that county’s circuit
court has jurisdiction over all crimes committed within the
facility.
(j) Correctional institution; community residential confinement. The correctional institution under s. 301.046 (1) and its
precincts are considered, as to each inmate, to be in the county in
which the inmate is confined, and the courts of that county shall
have jurisdiction of all crimes committed within the county.
(k) Correctional institution; intensive sanctions program.
The correctional institution under s. 301.048 (4) (b) and its
precincts are considered, as to each inmate, to be in the county in
which the inmate is assigned, and that county’s circuit court has
jurisdiction of all crimes committed within the county.
(3t) INSTITUTIONS LOCATED IN OTHER STATES. For all purposes of discipline and for judicial proceedings, each institution
that is located in another state and authorized for use under s.
301.21 and its precincts are considered to be in the county in
which the institution is physically located, and the courts of that
county have jurisdiction of any activity, wherever located, conducted by the institution.

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