Section DOC 376.12 - Search of youth living quarters(1) Whenever staff conduct a search of a youth's living quarters, staff in charge of the living unit at the time of the search or the staff who conducted the search shall write a report that includes all of the following: (a) The identity of the staff who conducted the search and the supervisor who approved it.(b) The date and time of the search.(c) The identity of the youth whose living quarters were searched.(d) The reason for conducting the search. If the search was a random search, the report shall state that it was a random search.(e) Any objects that were seized pursuant to the search.(f) Whether any damage was done to the premises during the search.(2) If property was seized or damaged pursuant to the search of a youth's living quarters, staff shall inform the youth in writing. The institution shall pay for the cost of repair of personal property that is not contraband. In the alternative, and at the discretion of the superintendent, damaged personal property that is not contraband shall be replaced or the youth shall receive the fair market value of the property at the time it was damaged.(3) In conducting searches, staff shall disturb the effects of youth as little as possible, consistent with thoroughness.(4) Staff shall not read materials that they know are legal materials.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections § DOC 376.12
Cr. Register, June, 2000, No. 534, eff. 7-1-00.