Wisconsin Code § 940.61

Battery; bodily harm caused by certain persons
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(1) BATTERY BY PERSONS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN INJUNCTIONS. A person who causes bodily harm to another by an act
done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another
without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of a Class I
felony if the person who causes the bodily harm is subject to an
injunction under s. 813.12 or 813.125 or a tribal injunction filed
under s. 813.128 (3g) and causes the bodily harm to the petitioner
who sought the injunction.
(2) BATTERY BY PRISONERS OR CERTAIN DETAINED OR COMMITTED PERSONS. A person who causes bodily harm to another
by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or
another without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of
a Class H felony if any of the following applies:
(a) Battery by prisoners. The person who causes the bodily
harm is a prisoner confined to a state prison, a jail, or any other
state, county, or municipal detention facility and intentionally
causes the bodily harm or a soft tissue injury to an officer, employee, visitor, or another inmate of such prison or institution.
(b) Battery by certain detained or committed persons. The
person who causes the bodily harm is placed in a facility under s.
980.04 or 980.065 and intentionally causes the bodily harm to an
officer, employee, agent, visitor, or other resident of the facility.

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