Wis. Stat. § 946.45

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 272
Section 946.45 - Negligently allowing escape
(1) Any officer or employee of an institution where prisoners are detained who, through his or her neglect of duty, allows a prisoner in his or her custody to escape is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(2) In this section:
(a) "Custody" has the meaning designated in s. 946.42(1) (a).
(b) "Escape" has the meaning designated in s. 946.42(1) (b).
(c) "Institution" includes a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02(10p), a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02(15g), and a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02(19r).
(d) "Prisoner" includes a person who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.34(4h), who is placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.183, 938.34(4m) or 938.357(4) or (5) (e), or who is placed in a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.34(4d).

Wis. Stat. § 946.45

Amended by Acts 2013 ch, 334,s 116, eff. 8/1/2014.
1977 c. 173; 1985 a. 320; 1987 a. 27, 238; 1989 a. 31, 107; 1993 a. 16, 377, 385, 491; 1995 a. 27, 77, 352; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 344.