Wisconsin Code § 946.43

Assaults by prisoners
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(1m) Any prisoner confined to a state prison or other state, county or municipal detention facility who intentionally does any of the following is guilty
of a Class F felony:
(a) Places an officer, employee, visitor or another inmate of
such prison or institution in apprehension of an immediate battery likely to cause death or great bodily harm; or
(b) Confines or restrains an officer, employee, visitor or another inmate of such prison or institution without the person’s
consent.
(2m) (a) Any prisoner confined to a state prison or other
state, county or municipal detention facility who throws or expels
blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces or other bodily substance at or toward an officer, employee or visitor of the prison or
facility or another prisoner of the prison or facility under all of
the following circumstances is guilty of a Class I felony:
1. The prisoner throws or expels the blood, semen, vomit,
saliva, urine, feces or other bodily substance with the intent that it
come into contact with the officer, employee, visitor or other
prisoner.
2. The prisoner throws or expels the blood, semen, vomit,
saliva, urine, feces or other bodily substance with the intent either
to cause bodily harm to the officer, employee, visitor or other
prisoner or to abuse, harass, offend, intimidate or frighten the officer, employee, visitor or other prisoner.
3. The officer, employee, visitor or other prisoner does not
consent to the blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces or other
bodily substance being thrown or expelled at or toward him or
her.
(b) A court shall impose a sentence for a violation of par. (a)
consecutive to any sentence previously imposed or which may be
imposed for any crime or offense for which the person was in custody when he or she committed the violation of par. (a).

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